I don't have much patience for anyone who denies that this challenge is real.

A better politics is one where we appeal to each other’s basic decency instead of our basest fears.

If it is orderly and lawful, immigration is good for our economy.

My liberty depends on you being free, too.

We do not consider ourselves a Christian nation.

I think we have two conflicting traditions in this country. I think it's important for us to recognize that we've got a tradition of handgun ownership and gun ownership generally. And a lot of people - law-abiding citizens use if for hunting, for sportsmanship, and for protecting their families. We also have a violence on the streets that is the result of illegal handgun usage. And so I think there is nothing wrong with a community saying we are going to take those illegal handguns off the streets.

The United States has to go through structural reforms in terms of improving our education system or revamping our infrastructure or, you know, looking at some regulations that weren't properly controlling excesses on Wall Street.