The spirit's there and that's not just my imagination. I think if you look at surveys and attitudes among young people, you see it.

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the threat of climate change only becoming more urgent, Angela [Merkel] and I focused on the need for American and E.U. leadership to advance global cooperation.

Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity and racial equality.

In a summer marked by instability in the Middle East and Eastern Europe, I know the world also took notice of the small American city of Ferguson, Missouri - where a young man was killed, and a community was divided. So yes, we have our own racial and ethnic tensions.

I have great respect for both President Obama and the office that he holds

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics...When this country is operating off a common ground, nobody can stop us. But when we're divided, then we end up having a whole lot of self-inflicted problems.