You can't change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.

I don't take a dime of their [lobbyist] money, and when I am president, they won't find a job in my White House.

Empathy is a quality of character that can change the world.

African American boys oftentimes fall behind in school early, start feeling discouraged, check out, drop out, end up on the streets and then get into trouble.

A lot of the issues that I see, it is not an either-or situation.

In the United States, if 43 percent of eligible voters do not vote, then democracy is weakened.

America is the greatest country on Earth. But because of some of the mistakes that have been made, we, I think, are going to have a lot of work to do in the next administration to restore that sense that America is that shining beacon on a hill.