I was offered a job on Wall Street by my uncle. But I wanted to get out. Make-it-on-my-own kinda thing.

This aggression will not stand

I can't ever remember sitting around and saying, 'gosh let's hurry up and get these debates going, that'll win it for me.' Nope.

We don't want an America that is closed to the world. What we want is a world that is open to America.

Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn't know where they're going.

We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!

The world also remains a hopeful place. Calls for democracy and human rights are being reborn everywhere, and these calls are an expression of support for the values enshrined in the United Nations Charter. They encourage our hopes for a more stable, more peaceful, more prosperous world.