If somebody is different from you, that's not something you criticize, that's something that you appreciate.

It's important to listen to what scientists have to say, even when it's inconvenient, especially when it's inconvenient

It's time to recognize that under the equal protection clause of the United States [Constitution], same-sex couples should have the same rights as anybody else.

I believe there are too many children who need loving parents to deny one group of people adoption rights. A child will benefit from a healthy, loving home, whether the parents are gay or not.

As president of the United States, I don't bluff.

When you take on the position of president, you are committing yourself to, first and foremost, protecting the American people. You are accepting an institutional role that requires you to make hard decisions and hard choices, and as a consequence you have to take your moral sense and not put it aside.

There was a time when if you had a financial crisis in Southeast Asia somewhere, it had no impact on our markets. Today it does.