In this new, hyper competitive age, none of us, none of us can afford to be complacent.

I don't believe people should to be able to own guns.

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.

If you want to know who we are, who America is, how we respond to evil-that's it: selflessly, compassionately, unafraid.

One of the things you learn as president is, as powerful as this office is, you have limited bandwidth. And the time goes by really quickly and you're constantly making choices, and there are pressures on you from all different directions - pressures on your attention, not just pressures from different constituencies. And so you have to be pretty focused about where can you have the biggest, quickest impact.

Like Joe Biden and so many other Americans, I've lost people I love deeply to cancer. I've heard often from those whose loved ones are suffering from Alzheimer's, addiction, and other debilitating diseases. Their heartbreak is real, and so we have a responsibility to respond with real solutions.

Elections are always a little bit funny. People start saying things and emphasizing differences. After the election, my hope is, is that people start emphasizing what we have in common.