Reading makes all other learning possible. We have to get books into our children's hands early and often.

Everybody knows politics is a contact sport.

The same would be true for something like Social Security, where historically, if you just read the law and the fact that it excluded domestic workers or agricultural workers, you might not see race in it, unless you knew that that covered a huge chunk of African Americans, particularly in the South.

In order for us to solve many big problems around the world, it is in our interest to work with Russia and obtain their cooperation.

I think at times of significant stress people are going to be looking for something and they don't always know exactly what it is that they're looking for and they may opt for change even if they're not entirely confident what that change will bring.

The Middle East is obviously an issue that has plagued the region for centuries.

What I’ve realized is that life doesn’t count for much unless you’re willing to do your small part to leave our children — all of our children — a better world. Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.