Ask Osama bin Laden and the 22-out-of-30 top al-Qaida leaders who've been taken off the field whether I engage in appeasement. Or whoever is left out there, ask them about that.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

You know, the bowling alley doesn‘t seem to be improving my game. That‘s the one thing I have noticed.

The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing Israel is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms. And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment.

There's no question that a lot of Americans on both the right and the left are expressing some fears and frustrations about the dislocations brought on by globalisation. Many of those frustrations are legitimate and they need to be addressed.

We reject all efforts to denigrate the religious beliefs of others.

[We should beware] that our democracy stays healthy. And making sure that we maintain that sense of solidarity.