Nobody gets to threaten the full faith and credit of the United States just to extract political concessions.

The Russians don't make determinations about what our defense posture is.

I do think that when you go into red states, they're - so-called red states - I think they're troubled with certain excesses with respect to the Patriot Act, but they're also concerned with making sure we're secure against terrorism.

If we fall into the trap of painting all Muslims with a broad brush and imply that we are at war with an entire religion, then we are doing the terrorists' work for them.

Whatever we once were, we are no longer just a Christian nation; we are also a Jewish nation, a Muslim nation, a Buddhist nation, a Hindu nation, and a nation of nonbelievers.

That is the nature of democracy. It is hard. It is not always inspiring.

The future belongs to young people with an education and the imagination to create.