If in fact the Republicans make some modifications [of Obamacare], some of which I may have been seeking previously, but they wouldn't cooperate because they didn't wanna make the system work, and re-label it as Trumpcare, I'm fine with that.

Torture is how you create enemies, not how you defeat them.

I can think about what [Mahatma] Gandhi said or [Martin Luther] King said about violence begetting violence, and still be true to my job by asking myself the question whenever we're confronted with a situation where some may be arguing for military action: Will this actually result in America being safer, or the most lives being saved?

We continue to stand united with Germany and our NATO allies in our ongoing efforts to build peace and stability in Afghanistan.

I have been a strong proponent of pay-as-you-go. Every dollar that I've proposed, I've proposed an additional cut so that it matches.

I do think that I am generally optimistic.

I'd say, probably, intellectually I've drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.