I can't deny that it will be a historic event for an African-American to become president. And should that happen, all Americans should be proud - not just African-Americans, but all Americans - that we have reached this point in our national history where such a thing could happen. It will also not only electrify our country, I think it'll electrify the world.

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've done this as recently as the last year in Afghanistan and put wonderful young men and women at risk, many of whom have lost their lives, and we have asked for nothing except enough ground to bury them in, and otherwise we have returned home to seek our own lives in peace.

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

Trust is the glue that holds an org together & the lubricant that moves it forward.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.