I thought Brittany Packnett, who was one of the Ferguson activists, really interesting, smart young lady, really impressive - you might want to talk with her. So she was one of the organizers of the Ferguson movement, ended up joining our task force. She came in here and she just knew her stuff.

There's no way to resolve Syria without Iran being involved, given its financing of Assad and the fact that Hezbollah is probably the most effective fighting force that Assad can count on.

If you've got a business - you didn't build that.

The best way to not feel hopeless is to get up and do something. Don’t wait for good things to happen to you. If you go out and make some good things happen, you will fill the world with hope, you will fill yourself with hope.

[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.

There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.

If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions.