Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

We are going backwards in a field that’s supposed to be all about moving forward

I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.

Let's be honest: For a lot of well-meaning, open-minded white people, the sight of a young, black man in a hoodie still evokes a twinge of fear.

We've got to keep fighting, and I will defeat ISIS.

I think part of our problem right now in the country is that people feel that nobody listens to them. And that means that they just don't trust anybody in government, anybody in politics, and anybody in the economy.

I voted for every sanction against Iran when I was in the Senate, but it wasn't enough. So I spent a year-and-a-half putting together a coalition that included Russia and China to impose the toughest sanctions on Iran.