By the way, I'm not just one man with a chalkboard. I'm one man with four chalkboards.

A country is made not by policy alone, but by its music, its entertainment shows, all of it.

It's frequently said that there is 'no reason' for such 'military-style weapons' as the Bushmaster to be available to citizens. But isn't that a lot like saying there is no reason why any civilian should drive a military-style car like the Hummer?

I said about Van Jones . Be careful. This guy is extraordinarily dangerous and he is smart.

The shadows are only the darkest when the light is at its brightest.

Sometimes our strengths are also our weaknesses. Sometimes to be strong you have to first be weak. You have to share your burdens; you have to lean on other people while you face your problems and yourself.

We're giving our freedoms away. The American experiment was about freedom. Freedom to be stupid, freedom to fail, freedom to succeed.