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

Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law.

In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.

To young people: you have to stay encouraged.

It may be something that future generations are more open to, but I am pretty confident that for the foreseeable future, using the argument of nondiscrimination, and "Let's get it right for the kids who are here right now," and giving them the best chance possible, is going to be a more persuasive argument.

The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity.

The single biggest threat that we face is a nuclear weapon or some weapon of mass destruction. What that means is that we have to be extraordinarily aggressive and vigilant in controlling nuclear proliferation.