We need to have strong growth, fair growth, sustained growth.

Of course, the economy has not been working for most Americans. Yes, of course, we have special interests that are unfortunately doing too much to rig the game.

What we've seen from Donald Trump has been so negative that nobody wants to be associated with that.

We got an international coalition [against Iran], and we imposed that. It was slow, patient diplomacy, nothing at all particularly headline-worthy. But then you got to the point where the negotiations - which I started and Secretary [John] Kerry completed - I think made the world safer.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

We've got to remain energy-independent. It gives us much more power and freedom than to be worried about what goes on in the Middle East. We have enough worries over there without having to worry about that.

We've got to address the systemic racism in our criminal justice system.