Part of what's changed in politics is social media and how people are receiving information.

Contrary to the claims of some of my critics and some of the editorial pages, I am an ardent believer in the free market.

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations

At a certain point you can't help but lose some feel for what's on the ground because you're not on the ground.

In the past, there have been a range of treaties that divided Congress and every administration was able to get them through.

Ultimately, peace is just not about politics. It's about attitudes; about a sense of empathy; about breaking down the divisions that we create for ourselves in our own minds and our own hearts that don't exist in any objective reality, but that we carry with us generation after generation. And I know, because America, we, too, have had to work hard over the decades, slowly, gradually, sometimes painfully, in fits and starts, to keep perfecting our union.

I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I'm constantly asking myself questions about what I'm doing, why am I doing it.