If I were German and I had a vote, I might support Angela Merkel.

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

I do believe, separate and apart from any particular election or movement, that we are going to have to guard against a rise in a crude sort of nationalism or ethnic identity or tribalism that is built around an us and a them.

[American Citizenship] captures the enduring idea that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations

I've said repeatedly that where we see terrorist organizations like al-Qaeda or ISIL, they have perverted and distorted and tried to claim the mantle of Islam for an excuse, for basically barbarism and death. These are people who kill children, kill Muslims, take sex slaves - there's no religious rationale that would justify in any way any of the things that they do.

Every president who has tried to bring about big changes I think elicits the most passionate responses.

I'd like to think that "President Obama believed deeply in this democracy and the American people."