I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives.

The Supreme Court had the choice not only which way to rule, pro- or anti-gay marriage rights, but also how they were going to rule. They could have ruled just federalism, saying, "This isn't a matter for federal; this isn't a federal issue at all. States should decide it." Or they could decide it on equal protection grounds and say that, "Gay discrimination is wrong."

[Young people] are showing enormous and entrepreneurship and working with each other across borders.

We have a rare chance to pursue a new path, a different, better future that delivers progress for both our peoples and the wider world. That's the opportunity before the Iranian people. We need to take advantage of that.

Libraries remind us that truth isn't about who yells the loudest but who has the right information.

ISIL is a terrorist organization, pure and simple. And it has no vision other than the slaughter of all who stand in its way.

We have to think about affirmative action and craft it in such a way where some of our children, who are advantaged, aren't getting more favorable treatment than a poor white kid who struggled more.