[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of the free press. The U.S. celebrates free press.

We obviously have to honor the commitments that have been made to the people who are already retired or near the retirement age. But we need to tell the truth about the fact that when we set the retirement age at age 65 in America, life expectancy was only 62.

The U.S. affirms freedom of speech.[Vladimir] Putin is no friend of freedom of speech.

It's not natural to have to suffer when we work. We're made to be productive, and yet the world we live in, there's a whole bunch of suffering. And what they need to understand as 10-year-olds, so that when they're 15 and slightly less protected, and when they're 20 and they're moving into a truly semi-independent state, they need to have experienced that memory of persevering and having gotten through hardship.

We should vigorously debate policy differences. We have too much all-or-nothing in American politics.

What happens in Senate fight club stays in Senate fight club.

[Vladimir] Putin is an enemy of political dissent. The U.S. celebrates political dissent and the right for people to argue free from violence about places where our ideas are in conflict.