I do think that I am generally optimistic.

Look, Americans will go for leadership that makes sense. Our job, you know, as public officials, is not to put our finger in the air. Our job is to listen, and then lead.

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.

It's not appealing to deal with countries that express hatred towards us.

I think that I'll always remember the bust of Dr. [Martin Luther] King. I thought having an American here who represented rhat civic spirit that got me into this [president] office was useful.

The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that should be made by them, not by the Texas or United States.

Sustaining the energy and focus involved in doing a good job I think starts to gets tougher the longer you do it.