Political gerrymandering makes the incentive for most members of Congress to play to the extremes of their base rather than to the center.

My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.

[White House] feels even more like home now because you have all these memories that were formed watching your kids grow up.

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.

Peace depends upon compromise among peoples who must live together long after our speeches are over, long after our votes have been tallied.

If somebody was sending rockets into my house, where my two daughters sleep at night, I’m going to do everything in my power to stop that, and I would expect Israelis to do the same thing.

I've been saying for years, we're gonna have to spend a lot more time on cyber security.