The United States believes that every nation should respect international law, including in the South China Sea.

I don't look at my pension. It's not as big as yours so it doesn't take as long.

We need to internalize this idea of excellence. Not many folks spend a lot of time trying to be excellent.

You now have the potential of 200 people deciding who ends up being elected president every single time.

FDR, JFK, LBJ [all Democratic presidents ] we have a pretty long list of presidents who maybe were not entirely forthcoming with intelligence information before they went to war, so I'd be cautious against making legal cases against the administration.

You know, I have more than enough to do without having to worry about the financial system.

The American story has never been about things coming easy. It has been about rising to the moment when the moment is hard. About rejecting panicked division for purposeful unity. About seeing a mountaintop from the deepest valley. That is why we remember that some of the most famous words ever spoken by an American came from a president who took office in a time of turmoil: "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.