It's time to end the hypocrisy of those who accumulate wealth through the global economy, and then siphon funds to those who teach children to tear it down.

If you don't have a record to run on, you paint your opponent as someone to run from.

I found during the course of my political career on the national scene there's a point where the vanity burns away and you've had your fill of your name in the papers, or big adoring crowds, or the exercise of power. And for me that happened fairly quickly. And then you are really focused on: What am I going to get done with this strange privilege that's been granted to me? How do I make myself worthy of it?

When our interests and values are at stake, we have a responsibility to act.

Obviously [my daughters] - and Michelle - have made a lot of sacrifices on behalf of my cockamamie ideas, the running for office and things.

Just because we have the best hammer does not mean that every problem is a nail.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.