Being a world leader is less about destiny than focused determination, and it is there that we have faltered.

Co-opted convictions will always betray you.

Now you have to decide whether or not you want to be part of the bigotry that is Donald Trump. You have to decide whether you want to be part of the sexism and misogyny that is Donald Trump.

The internet is ruthless. And people are very, very happy to let you know when they don't like something.

I had set about trying to make myself more polished than a country boy would be.

A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it’s really hard to catch.

Great leadership isn’t shaped in the absence of opposition but in the presence of it. Great leaders draw us together by our universal humanity; they galvanize the wills of the willing; they draw clarity from the spigot of chaos.