What you have is Mitt Romney running around the country saying 'Well, you know, my wife tells me that what women really care about are economic issues, and when I listen to my wife, that's what I'm hearing.' Guess what? His wife has actually never worked a day in her life.

Now suddenly you got members of your [White House] team who were 23, 24. They've met their wives here, or their husbands here.

What I've said to [my team] is, "Look, we ran our leg of the race and we did a darn good job."

What I'm interested in doing after I get out of the presidency is to make sure that I'm working with that next generation so that they understand you can't just rely on inspiration.

Hope - Hope in the face of difficulty. Hope in the face of uncertainty. The audacity of hope!

What I consistently say to young people - I say it in the United States, but I'll say it here in Germany and across Europe: Do not take for granted our systems of government and our way of life. I think there is a tendency, because we have lived in an era that has been largely stable and peaceful, at least in advanced countries, where living standards have generally gone up, there is a tendency I think to assume that that's always the case.

Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.