As long as countries like China keep going all in on clean energy, so must we.

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

The United States and Saudi Arabia have an extraordinary relationship and friendship that dates back to Franklin Roosevelt and King Faisal.

You have to be involved in terms of what's happening in your local neighborhood and what issues are there.

At least Romney and McCain, they respect the rule of law. At least Romney and McCain, they understand their limitations.

I don't want to exaggerate; having as many African American men as we've had in the criminal-justice system, and the amount of time it takes for the damage done by that to wash through our society and our communities, the disadvantages born out of kids being undiagnosed with mental-health problems early, or not getting the kind of exposure to reading and math when they're 4 or 5 or 6 years old, that carries a cost.

I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same-sex couples should be able to get married.