I worry about protectionists, which is another way of saying less competition, less trade around the world. And I view those as twins of negativity.

That's important when you are running an organization so that the people who work with you know what you believe in and know those beliefs won't change.

If affirmative action means what I just described, what I'm for, then I'm for it.

I have faith, as I did when I announced my stem-cell decision in 2001, that science and ethics can coexist.

There's also consumer debt, the credit card debt that burdens many of the working families in America. Yes, we talk about national debt, and we're paying a lot down. But you're fixing to hear me tell you part of the remedy for people who have got a lot of credit card debt is to make sure people get some of their own money back.

Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

The United States and rich countries cannot change Africa from within. It has to impose reform on Africa; it has to come from within.