My father's voice had nevertheless remained untainted, inspiring, rebuking, granting or withholding approval. 'You do not work hard enough, Barry. You must help in your people's struggle. Wake up, black man!

I actually believe that we need missile defense, because of Iran and North Korea and the potential for them to obtain or to launch nuclear weapons, but I also believe that, when we are only spending a few hundred million dollars on nuclear proliferation, then we're making a mistake.

What is portrayed as high-minded positions on issues sometimes is just designed to carve out some of their commercial interests.

We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'

Each path to knowledge involves different rules and these rules are not interchangeable.

Africa is on the move; a new Africa is emerging!

If you were president 50 years ago, the tragedy in Syria might not even penetrate what the American people were thinking about on a day to day basis. Today, they're seeing vivid images of a child in the aftermath of a bombing.