Those opposed to abortion cannot simply invoke God's will-they have to explain why abortion violates some principle that is accessible to people of all faiths.

I think that at a certain stage those early ambitions burn away, partly because you achieve something, you get something done, you get some notoriety. And then the particularities of who you are and what your deepest commitments are begin expressing themselves. You're not just chasing the idea of "me" being important, but you, rather, are chasing a particular passion.

We may not be able to stop evil in the world, but how we treat one another is entirely up to us.

I've always wanted to come to Greece.

There aren't a lot of situations where I look back and I say, The decision I actually made or the course we actually pursued was the wrong course.

In America, we're getting too comfortable with our ability to take kinetic strikes around the world without having enough process to avoid consistently the kinds of civilian casualties that can end up actually hurting us in the war against radicalization.

We do not believe that in this country, freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few.