The more we can encourage participation, I think the better off we are.

It is possible for leaders or regimes to be cruel, bigoted, twisted in their world views and still make rational calculations with respect to their limits and their self-preservation.

If you look at the current Mosul campaign against ISIL, for example the few thousand troops that we have there to support that effort allows the Iraqi military to move forward in an effective way.

You didn't elect me to tell you what you wanted to hear. You elected me to tell you the truth.

I don't believe people should to be able to own guns.

I think Donald Trump is going to try as best he can to make sure that he delivers not only to the people who voted for him but for the people at large and the good thing is that there are going to be elections coming up so there's a built-in incentive for him to try to do that.

[T]hese tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are also the tax cuts that are least likely to promote growth.