There's no one who I believe has ever captured the soul of America more profoundly than Abraham Lincoln has.

If a jayvee team puts on Lakers uniforms, that doesn't make them Kobe Bryant.

The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.

The more we are using clean energy, renewable energy sources, the less environmentally problematic facilities end up being a problem for everybody, but particularly for folks who have to suffer the consequences of some of these facilities.

Well, I think that when you think about the challenges we face, these are challenges that require us to look forward and not backwards. When it comes to the economy I think we have to recognize that we are now in a global economy. And that the measure of our success is: how well are we training our workers? How well are we investing in the new energy economy?

If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

We will not hesitate to speak out when we see actions that contradict those values.