I don't think that hedge funds are bad per se. I think they're just one more financial tool. And in that sense, they're useful.

I did not run for office to be helping out a bunch of, you know, fat cat bankers on Wall Street.

This kind of game in which anybody who I know, regardless of how flimsy the relationship is, that somehow their ideas could be attributed to me, I think the American people are smarter than that. They're not going to suggest somehow that that is reflective of my views, because it obviously isn't.

If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.

If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount of wind power in this country, increased by tenfold the amount of solar power. We are producing as much oil and gas as we've ever produced.

You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change are so clearly upon us. Climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip, and protect their infrastructure, today and for the long-term.

To anyone out there who has ever been assaulted: You will never be alone. You are never alone. We have your back. I've got your back.