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.

The United States, therefore, works to ensure that any actions we take are consistent with international laws and norms - including those reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention. It's worth remembering that our presence in the region is nothing new.

It’s not that I want to punish your success. I want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they’ve got a chance for success, too. My attitude is that if the economy’s good for folks from the bottom up, it’s gonna be good for everybody. I think when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.

We will not engage in an endless process of negotiations.

Better may not be as good as the best, but better is surprisingly hard to obtain. And better is actually harder than worse.

Mandela's commitment to democracy was ratified not only by his election, but by his willingness to step down from power

So I came to my Christian faith later in life, and it was because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead. Jesus Christ dying for my sins spoke to the humility we all have to have as human beings, that we're sinful and we're flawed and we make mistakes, and that we achieve salvation through the grace of God.