You could see a man talking to himself as just plain crazy, or read about the criminal on the front page of the daily paper and ponder the corruption of the human heart, without having to think about whether the criminal or lunatic said something about your own fate.

To sustain a governing majority, that requires an ability for Republicans and Democrats to find some common ground. And right now, the structure of the system is such where it makes it really hard for people to work together.

I don't regret the fervor, because I do believe, in the African American community but also for other communities, and I know from talking to people, for communities around the world, the election of an African American to the most powerful office on Earth meant things had changed, and not just in superficial ways. That in some irreversible way the world was different.

The world is less violent than it has ever been.

Many of our ideas of democracy, so much of our literature and philosophy and science can be traced back to roots right here in Athens.

On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been.

My administration doesn’t have any secrets, and from now on, neither will you.