There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this country, we've got some very sad and difficult things to account for. I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged. I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it's Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.

Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.

Generally speaking, people who know me will tell you that my public persona is not that different from my private persona.

Our hearts are broken today for the parents and grandparents, sisters and brothers of these children and the families of the adults we lost....May god bless the memory of the victims and in the words of scripture heal the broken hearted and bind up their wounds.

There's something about these steps [in Oval Office] and thinking about everybody who's walked here and all the business that's been done here.

If you look at sort of how politics has divided itself here in this country, the big divide right now is between urban areas, which have become increasingly Democratic, and rural or exurban areas that feel as if they're being ignored.

Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay, but we can honor their sacrifice.