I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.

We ought to be doing all we can to make it possible for every child to fulfill his or her God-given potential.

Not everyone can march, but everyone can talk. And everyone can reach out, and everyone can vote.

The middle class is both real and aspirational. And I want to make sure that it remains strong and it gives people a sense of security and confidence and optimism about their futures.

We need more good jobs, and that means we've got to start educating young people, starting literally in the first five years of life making sure that every kid in every zip code has good teachers and good schools, making college affordable, helping people pay down their debt.

I intend to defeat ISIS, to do so in a coalition with majority Muslim nations.

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.