I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.

We have fewer troops in Afghanistan than we had law enforcement [officers] at the Olympics in Salt Lake City.

If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

We're either going to be dependent on dirty oil from the Gulf or dirty oil from Canada.

I hope we will come together as a nation and do whatever it takes to keep guns away from people who have no business with them.

If I had lost the popular vote but won the electoral college and in my first day as president the intelligence community came to me and said, "The Russians influenced the election," I would've never stood for it. Even though it might've advantaged me, I would've said, "We've got to get to the bottom of this." I would've set up an independent commission with subpoena power and everything else.

We've got this arc of instability from North Africa to South Asia, and we have to pay close attention to it. And we have to build coalitions, something that I did to take on the Iranian nuclear program, and what I will do as president to make sure that we defeat these terrorist networks.