I just want to go through Central Park and watch folks passing by. Spend the whole day watching people. I miss that.

Cutting our education budget, that's not a smart choice. That will not help America compete with China.

We were just at the beginnings of a recovery [in 2010]. And the, you know, whoever is president at that point is gonna get hit and his party's gonna get hit. That then means that suddenly you've got a redistricting in which a lot of state legislatures are now Republican. They draw lines that give a huge structural advantage in subsequent elections.

It's true that I have not been able to completely close Guantanamo, but we've drastically reduced the population from 700 or so to around 60 now.

You know, there are certain things that make for good sound bites but don't always translate into good policy.

It would be good for the workers in Vietnam even as it helps make sure that they're not undercutting competition here in the United States.

Around the world, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela -- what they did was hard. It takes time. It takes more than a single term. It takes more than a single president. It takes more than a single individual.