It's one of the biggest benefits of being president that you really don't think about until you get here.

The Internet didn't get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.

I'm suspicious of too much certainty in the pursuit of understanding just because I think people are limited in their understanding.

I happen to be a proponent of a single-payer universal health care plan.

I think that sometimes the Democrats have to run upstream or swim upstream because we've got the Republicans making it out as if we don't care about these things, and we should be able to engage and be willing to engage in the discussion about morality and values.

Part of what we have to do a better job of, if our democracy is to function in a complicated diverse society like this, is to teach our kids enough critical thinking to be able to sort out what is true and what is false, what is contestable and what is incontestable. And we seem to have trouble with that. And our political system doesn't help.