Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

We repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things; it tells China, it tells Iran. That would be terrible.

We can't have a Twitter president. This is serious stuff, this governing.

Anyone who thinks they have a monopoly on truth, and there is only one way to see the world, always gets us into trouble.

There are two tests in life, more important than any other test. On Monday morning, when you wake up, do you feel in the pit of your stomach you can't wait to go to work? And when you're ready to go home Friday afternoon, do you say, 'I can't wait to go home?'

The greatest problem America faces is the decline of middle class incomes.

I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get something done, and hopefully you're not going to find the fisticuffs that you would find on lots of other issues. I think you'll be able to glean a sense of progress without us revealing the specifics.