When what you’re doing doesn’t work for 50 years, it’s time to try something new.

The world only makes sense to me given my life and my background if, in fact, we're not just an assortment of tribes that can never understand each other, but that we're, rather, one common humanity that can meet and learn and love each other.

Islam has always been a part of America’s story.... And since our founding, American Muslims have enriched the United States.

Now, the Iranian people are a great people, and Persian civilization is a great civilization. Iran has acted in ways that's not conducive to peace and prosperity in the region: their threats against Israel; their pursuit of a nuclear weapon which could potentially set off an arms race in the region that would make everybody less safe; their support of terrorist organizations in the past - none of these things have been helpful.

There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right now is not the lack of supply. There's enough supply.

Do I need to apologize for Mr.[Tom] Coburn's statements? Because I certainly don't agree with those, either.

There's just a whole different attitude and vibe when you're not in power as when you're in power.