Politics, differences of religion or race, all that fades away when we are confronted with the awesome power of nature, and we're reminded that all we have is each other.

I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform.

Congress has become so dysfunctional that more and more of a burden is placed on the agencies to fill in the gaps. And the gaps get bigger and bigger because they're not constantly refreshed and tweaked.

I didn't set a red line, the world set a red line

Germany, South Korea - these are all countries that are investing massively in education. We've got to do the same thing in America.

It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

The truth is, some of these comments, when you actually ask 'well, this is based on what? This notion that Obama's a socialist, for example?' Nobody can really give you a good answer.