I'm always suspicious of politics dividing people instead of bringing them together.

No deal means a greater chance of more war in the Middle East.

We are not a nation that says 'don't ask, don't tell.' We are a nation that says 'out of many, we are one.'

I am convinced that whenever we exaggerate or demonize, oversimplify or overstate our case, we lose. Whenever we dumb down the political debate, we lose. For it's precisely the pursuit of ideological purity, the rigid orthodoxy and the sheer predictability of our current political debate, that keeps us from finding new ways to meet the challenges we face.

I just want to repeat that there's nothing that we've proposed that would make it harder for you to purchase a firearm.

All of us - we should do everything we can to make sure this country lives up to our children's expectations.

[J]ust because you have an individual right does not mean that the state or local government can't constrain the exercise of that right.