We're going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.

That sort of lack of awareness on the part of an activist about the constraints of our political system and the constraints on this office, I think, sometimes would leave me to mutter under my breath. Very rarely did I lose it publicly. Yeah, usually I'd just smile.

Our goal is to have a country that's not divided by race. And my impression, as I travel around the country, is that that's the kind of country that most people want, as well, and that we all have prejudice, we all have certain suspicions or stereotypes about people who are different from us, whether it's religious or racial or ethnic, but what I think I found in the American people, I think there's a core decency there, where if they take the time, if they get the time to know individuals, then they want to judge those individuals by their character.

It is time for a new compact among the civilized peoples of this world to eradicate war at its most fundamental source: the corruption of young minds by violent ideology.

Issues are never simple. One thing I'm proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues.

America is a country of strong families and strong values. My life's been blessed by both.

I attend Trinity United Church of Christ, and my pastor [was] Jeremiah Wright.