Thanksgiving reminds us that no matter our differences, we're still one people, part of something bigger than ourselves.

Clearly, Iran has influence in Iraq. Iraq has a majority Shi'a population, they have relationships to Iran. Some are natural.

If [black] nationalism could create a strong and effective insularity, deliver on its promise of self-respect, then the hurt it might cause well-meaning whites, or the inner turmoil it caused people like me, would be of little consequence.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

I'm always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together.

We are not going to be able to rebuild Afghanistan into a Jeffersonian democracy.

When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security.