I want people to come together and listen respectfully.

My vision of America is an America where everyone has a place, if you're willing to work hard, you do your part, you contribute to the community.

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.

When I talk about how we're going to pay for education, how we're going to invest in infrastructure, how we're going to get the cost of prescription drugs down, and a lot of the other issues that people talk to me about all the time, I've made it very clear we are going where the money is. We are going to ask the wealthy and corporations to pay their fair share.

I have a comprehensive energy policy, but it really does include fighting climate change, because I think that is a serious problem.

A president of the United States should not have a racist at his side - unacceptable.

I certainly think the free-market has failed.