It could be another election where the alignments between Republicans and Democrats are different than they were this time and who a foreign country prefers.

John McCain has not spoken about my Muslim faith.

Don’t ever let anybody tell you that your efforts don’t matter or that your voice doesn’t count. Don’t ever believe that you can’t make a difference. You have.

Our patience is not infinite. We're not willing to let this go on forever.

I always believe that ultimately, if people are paying attention, then we get good government and good leadership. And when we get lazy, as a democracy and civically start taking shortcuts, then it results in bad government and politics.

For me, personally, the most difficult moments had to do with not just terrorist attacks, but also shootings.

When people see opportunity, when they have a sense of control of their own destiny, then they're less vulnerable to the propaganda and twisted ideologies that have been attracting young people - particularly being turbocharged through social media.