I refuse to condemn your generation and future generations to a planet that's beyond fixing.

I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. For it's precisely the pursuit of ideological purity, the rigid orthodoxy and the sheer predictability of our current political debate, that keeps us from finding new ways to meet the challenges we face.

America is not the crude stereotype of a self-interested empire. Given our interdependence, any world order that elevates one nation or group of people over another will inevitably fail.

The United Kingdom and the European Union will remain indispensable partners of the United States even as they begin negotiating their ongoing relationship to ensure continued stability, security and prosperity for Europe, Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the world.

Maybe at the same time as I'm more confident today, I'm also more humble.

It still puts burden on some troops of ours who are there [in Afghanistan and Iraq] as advisors and facilitators.

While freedom is a gift from God, it must be secured by his people here on earth.