I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in my public life.

Sometimes we take somebody who's been in the trenches and fought the good fight and been steady for granted. Sometimes we act as if never having done something and not knowing what you're doing is a virtue.

The young are going to be the messengers of this continued strengthening of the diversity in America.

Americans should tremble before suggesting that any fellow citizen lacks patriotism.

This is American leadership at its best: We stand with people who fight for their own freedom, and we rally other nations on behalf of our common security and common humanity.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.

The Cold War has been over for a long time. I'm not interested in having battles that, frankly, started before I was born.