Corporations aren’t people. People are people.

Globalization is a fact, because of technology, because of an integrated global supply chain, because of changes in transportation. And we're not going to be able to build a wall around that.

What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

We cannot solve the problems of America if every time somebody somewhere says something stupid, that everybody gets up in arms and we forget about the war in Iraq or we forget about the economy.

I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an independent judiciary, and fighting corruption, those are principles that, you know, not perfectly but generally, we have tried to apply not just in our own country but also with respect to our foreign policy.

I'm a strong believer in strong encryption.