We have to resist, protectionism, other kinds of barriers to market access and to trade.

Our lives are a mixture of different roles. Most of us are doing the best we can to find whatever the right balance is . . . For me, that balance is family, work, and service.

I probably described more times than I can remember how stressful it was advising the President [Barack Obama] about going after Bin Laden.

We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.

We should make sure that nobody, no corporation, and no individual can get away without paying his fair share to support America.

I think that being in politics, being in leadership should be as much about listening as talking. That's how I think you can get the information and sort of pick up the nuance that will enable you to do the best possible job.

When you're president, you can't vote present. You have to make a decision. Sometimes it's a split second decision. You don't have time to think about it. You've got to actually decide.