I think it's important that we do it [defeat ISIS] in concert with other nations in Europe, the Middle East, elsewhere if necessary. And that means you've got to work with people. You don't insult them. You don't insult their religion. And it means we have to see our entire country, all of the people in it, as part of our first line of defense.

We know that russians are deeply engaged in supporting Assad because they want to have a place in the Middle East. They have a naval base, they have an air base in Syria.

We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally.

Nobody should want to wake up on November 9th and wonder whether there was more you could have done.

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation

If the FBI is watching you for suspected terrorist links, you should not be able to buy a gun with no questions asked.

America already is great, but we are great because we are good, and we will respect one another, and we will work with one another, and we will celebrate our diversity.