We have to work to make sure that our police are using the best training, the best techniques, that they're well prepared to use force only when necessary.

I've always thought that the role of citizen, the role of advocate, were as important in our democracy as running for office.

We have to figure out how to deal with Iran as the principal state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

We need to be as well prepared to defend ourselves against public health dangers as we should be to defend ourselves against any foreign danger.

I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.

We cannot just say law and order. We have to say - we have to come forward with a plan that is going to divert people from the criminal justice system, deal with mandatory minimum sentences, which have put too many people away for too long for doing too little.

We're going to have to make it clear that we don't want to use the kinds of tools that we have. We don't want to engage in a different kind of warfare. But we will defend the citizens of this country.