We have to focus on how do we ensure the economy works for everybody, and not just a few.

Fear, uncertainty and discomfort are your compasses toward growth. If you run you stand a chance of losing, but if you don't run you've already lost.

All of us share this world for but a brief moment in time. The question is whether we spend that time focused on what pushes us apart, or whether we commit ourselves to an effort -- a sustained effort -- to find common ground, to focus on the future we seek for our children, and to respect the dignity of all human beings.

We are God's partners in matters of life and death.

I am absolutely convinced that race relations on the whole are actually better now than they were 20 years [ago].

I am a little jet lagged from my trip to Malaysia...The lengths we have to go to to get CNN coverage these days.

You may want to prove that you're worthy of other kids or neighbors who were wealthier than you and teased you. You may want to prove that you're worthy of high expectations. But I do think that there is a youthful ambition that very much has to do with making your mark in the world. And I think that cuts across the experiences of a lot of people who end up achieving something significant in their field.