You know, when Trayvon Martin was first shot I said that this could have been my son. Another way of saying that is Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago. And when you think about why, in the African American community at least, there's a lot of pain around what happened here, I think it's important to recognize that the African American community is looking at this issue through a set of experiences and a history that doesn't go away.

[The Americans] believe in the idea that a child shouldn't be consigned to poverty just because of circumstances of their birth.

We can give our intelligence and law enforcement community the powers they need to track down and take out terrorists without undermining our commitment to the rule of law, or our basic rights and liberties.

I've been very good for gun manufacturers.

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

One of the interesting things about being in public life is there are constantly these pressures being placed on you from different sides. To be effective, you have to be able to listen to a variety of points of view, synthesize viewpoints.

There may be no greater tribute to Steve Jobs' success than the fact that much of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.