I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington.

Gabby Giffords deserves a vote. The families of Newtown deserve a vote. The families of Aurora deserve a vote. The families of Oak Creek, and Tucson, and Blacksburg, and the countless other communities ripped open by gun violence - they deserve a simple vote.

My guiding principle as president has been to try to do the right thing even when it's not politically convenient.

Generally speaking, Rand Paul is been more wrong than right. He has an isolationist view of the world that I don`t share.

Israel has legitimate concerns about its security relative to Iran. I mean, you have a large country with a significant military that has proclaimed that Israel shouldn't exist, that has denied the Holocaust, that has financed Hezbollah, and as a consequence, there are missiles that are pointed towards Tel Aviv. There are very good reasons why Israelis are nervous about Iran's position in the world generally.

Justice needs to be served, what I think people of Baltimore want more than anything else is the truth. That's what people around the country expect.

There are institutional obligations I have to carry out that are important for a president of the United States to carry out, but may not always align with what I think would move the ball down the field on the issues that I care most deeply about.