I'm kind of a night owl.

Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up to their promises.

For me, Lincoln is like just a handful of people - a Gandhi, or a Picasso, or a Martin Luther King Jr. - who is an original and captures something essential.

I wouldn't consider them acts of war, but I would consider them acts of property damage, commercial theft that are serious.

Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do.

If you give up on the idea that your voice can make a difference, then other voices will fill the void: lobbyists and special interests; the people with the $10 million checks who are trying to buy this election and those who are making it harder for you to vote; Washington politicians who want to decide who you can marry, or control health care choices that women should make for themselves.

We will continue to deepen our engagement using every element of American power - diplomacy, military, economic development, the power of our values and our ideals.