American leadership is essential.

We've had Muslims in America since George Washington. And we've had many successful Muslims. We just lost a particular well-known one with Muhammad Ali.

Politics is like sausage being made. It is unsavory, and it always has been that way, but we usually end up where we need to be.

America is best when we work in collaboration with our allies. America is best when we are actually standing up to evil in this world. And ISIS, make no mistake about it, is an evil in this world.

Such pushy people, the school union chiefs.It's almost not worth the campaign donations. Almost.

I want to be the president for all Americans, regardless of your political beliefs, where you come from, what you look like, your religion.

There is no nation on the planet better able to adapt to this change than our nation. We must able to work collaboratively with others. We must anticipate these threats before they happen. This is the new sort of challenge, the new sort of threat that does, in fact, require new thinking, fresh approaches and new leadership.