Evil does exist in the world. A non-violent movement could not have halted Hitler's armies. Negotiations cannot convince al Qaeda's leaders to lay down their arms. To say that force may sometimes be necessary is not a call to cynicism - it is a recognition of history; the imperfections of man and the limits of reason.

Perfect is unattainable. Better is possible.

What do you think a stimulus is? It’s spending - that's the whole point! Seriously.

I wish the country had fewer lawyers and more engineers.

I think that the risk to all the progress we've made was at stake in the election because not just the president-elect but a lot of members of Congress, including now the Speaker of the House and the Senate majority leader, have said that their principal agenda was to undo a lot of this progress. But as I've been talking about over the last several days when it comes to health care, the gains that we've made are there. Twenty million people have health insurance that didn't have it before. The uninsured rate is the lowest it's ever been.

It is true, I worry about the hype. The only person more over-hyped than me is you.

I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody.