I think our great task is to make certain that our young men and women in the military do not get sucked into never- ending, perpetual warfare within the quagmire of Syria and Iraq. And I will do my very best to make sure that that doesn't happen.

I keep telling people I want to close the deficit, and one of the deficits is want to close is the fun deficit.

Tonight, we can say with pride that, in America, there is no barrier too great and no ceiling too high to break.

I don't spend my hours plotting for somebody else's downfall.

I do not think homosexuality is immoral.

There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young women who are interested in running for office, you just have to decide you're going to follow Eleanor Roosevelt's maxim about growing skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, and you have to be incredibly well-prepared - better prepared [than a man], actually - and you have to figure out how you're going to present yourself, and you have to have a support group around you, because it can be really a brutal experience.

Different presidents have different strengths, they bring different life experiences.