I believe that this country succeeds when everyone gets a fair shot, when everyone does their fair share, when everyone plays by the same rules.

I do think that this whole area of cyber is something that at an international level we have to work on and develop frameworks and international norms so that we don't see a cyber arms race.

You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

I do think that I am generally optimistic.

I think we would have made a lot more mistakes and would have accomplished a lot less had we not been grounded in some basic truths.

My greatest hope is to be able to pass the same dreams and hopes and vision that I've been able to enjoy in my life, on to the next generation. Not just for my children - because with a mother like Michelle, my kids are going to be great - but for all children. There are too many children in this country for whom the American dream is so distant and the odds against them are so daunting.

Democracy demands that the religiously motivated translate their concerns into universal, rather than religion-specific, values.