The good news is I think there are a lot of young people certainly who were involved in my campaigns, and I think continue to be involved in work not just politically, but through nonprofits and other organizations, that can carry this hard work of democracy forward.

One of the challenges over the last decade is America has done experiments in nation building in places like Iraq and Afghanistan and we've neglected, for example, developing our own economy, our own energy sectors, our own education system. And it's very hard for us to project leadership around the world when we're not doing what we need to do.

We are not at war with Islam. We are at war with people who have perverted Islam.

American leadership is not simply a matter of going it alone and bearing all of the burden ourselves.

I'm inspired by my own children, how full they make my heart. They make me want to work to make the world a little bit better. And they make me want to be a better man.

I do think that you're starting to see young people pay attention to some longterm issues that they feel Washington has neglected.

I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay.