Al Qaeda, the Taliban, a whole host of networks that are bent on attacking America, who have a distorted ideology, who have perverted the faith of Islam, and so we have to go after them.

I'm a big football fan, but I have to tell you if I had a son, I'd have to think long and hard before I let him play football.

I am a strong believer in the free market. I am a strong believer in capitalism. But, I am also a strong believer that there are certain common goods - our air, our water, making sure that people are safe - that require to have some regulation.

We are not a nation that says, 'Don’t ask, don’t tell.' We are a nation that says, 'Out of many, we are one.' We are a nation that welcomes the service of every patriot. We are a nation that believes that all men and women are created equal. Those are the ideals that generations have fought for. Those are the ideals that we upheld today.

I'm really excited about the prospect of a woman president of the United States.

I don't oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war.

We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions