We have seen violence and terror perpetrated by those who profess to stand up for faith, their faith. Professed to stand up for Islam, but in fact are betraying it. Humanity has been grappling with these questions throughout human history. And lest we get on our high horse and think this is unique to some other place, remember that during the Crusades and the Inquisition people committed terrible deeds in the name of Christ.

I insist on the dignity and God- given potential and work of every child, regardless of race or gender or sexual orientation or what zip code they were born in.

You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate.

I think there are a whole host of things that are civil rights, and then there are other things - such as traditional marriage - that, I think, express a community's concern and regard for a particular institution.

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.

Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe