Every life is worthy and every life is capable of greatness. We have an obligation to make sure that opportunity for greatness is there.

America is a remarkable place in that social attitudes change almost imperceptibly, and then you wake up the next day and they've changed. But they've been changing all the time.

There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.

Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.

...if you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.

The United States has no credible evidence that Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria early last year before the U.S.-led war that drove Saddam Hussein from power.

I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.