The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of tribes that can never understand each other, but that we're, rather, one common humanity that can meet and learn and love each other.

I don't think Donald Trump is ideological.

The fact is every single day in the ordinary American people, America's families have to make decisions about their families and that should be made by them, not by the Texas or United States.

You're not going to be able to make good decisions without building some relationship of trust between yourself and community.

The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it.

There’s no doubt that there’s some folks who just really dislike me because they don’t like the idea of a black President.

America remains the one indispensable nation. And the world needs a strong America.