I have a difference with Senator [Bernie] Sanders, who promises free college, which, if you look at the fine print, depends really on governors coming up with a lot of the money, which I don't think is a particularly wise bet. And I have a plan to help people pay down their student debt, because I want to unleash the entrepreneurial energy that young people have.

Life is too short to dwell on what might have been.

I think if you had a capital-gains system where the long, patient capital would actually be rewarded, nanosecond capital turning would not be.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

America can only live up to its potential when each and every American has the chance to live up to your potential, too.

When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those profound issues.

I don't want to rip families apart. I don't want to be sending parents away from children.