Not out of mere charity, but because peace in our time requires the constant advance of those principles that our common creed describes; tolerance and opportunity, human dignity and justice.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to America's economic future, that it will create millions of new jobs, power new industries, keep us competitive, and spark new innovation.

I don't regret at all saying that if I saw Bashar al-Assad using chemical weapons on his people that that would change my assessments in terms of what we were or were not willing to do in Syria.

[Afghanistan and Iraq] are still countries that are fragile enough that we're gonna have to partner with them in some way.

The Warren Court wasn't that radical. It didn't break free from the essential constraints that were placed by the founding fathers in the Constitution... I intend to succeed where they failed.

Slowly, but surely, we are moving in the right direction. We're on the right track. The economy is getting stronger