What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind of energy. So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.

There is a big risk for the Republicans in a race, especially with Hillary Clinton as a likely Democratic nominee in a contest that will focus on the possibility of the first woman president to be six months suspending up the nomination of a black woman, who is imminently qualified.

[With Donald Trump] we are moving into an era where a lot of people get their information through tweets and sound bites and some headline that comes over their phone.

Write anything you want because we'll never be heard from again.

I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].

Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power