A central notion in the Affordable Care Act was we had an inefficient system with a lot of waste that didn't also deliver the kind of quality that was needed that often put health care providers in a box where they wanted to do better for their patients, but financial incentives were skewed the other way... We don't need to reinvent the wheel; you're already figuring out what works to reduce infections in hospitals or help patients with complicated needs.

What I could not support was a dumb war, a rash war, a war based not on reason but on passion, not on principle but on politics.

We can still see God in other people and do our best to help them find their own grace. So that’s what I strive to do and pray to do every day.

I think that most Americans don't resent people for getting rich. They want to get rich themselves.

Our planet is changing in ways that will have profound impacts on all of humankind.

State visits are often an opportunity for the United States to reaffirm our ties and friendship with our closest partners around the world.

On Easter I do reflect on the fact that as a Christian I am supposed to love, and I have to say that sometimes, when I've listened to less-than-loving expressions by Christians, I get concerned.