I've always found credit isn't just something you take - it's something people give you when they see how hard you're working.

There is still work to be done, but that remains a crucial lesson, you cannot bring peace and security to people just by signing an agreement. In fact, most peace agreements don't last.

If you look at what the factors were going into the decision, of course there are competing interests and values. And one of our values is we bring everybody home off the battlefield the best we can. It doesn't matter how they ended up in a prisoner of war situation... It does not matter.

I think that for most of our history, there was a nuanced reading of the Second Amendment until the decision by the late Justice [Antoine] Scalia and there was no argument until then that localities and states and the federal government had a right, as we do with every amendment, to impose reasonable regulation.

I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.

Historically, it is important to try to understand your adversary in order to figure out how they are thinking, what they will be doing, how they will react.

America can only live up to its potential when each and every American has the chance to live up to your potential, too.