If you give me the privilege of your vote tomorrow, that's what I will do every single day of my presidency, to knock down barriers, to create opportunities so that you have the chance to fill your own dreams. You see, I believe America's best days are still ahead of us.

Sometimes, opening up your eyes and realising what you have - no matter how little you think - helps you find yourself.

I'm really lucky to have the kind of people I've got around me. I've got such a great group of predominantly young people, but so diverse, and they bring different perspectives to the table. They will tell me exactly what's on their mind.

[On the Chicago Cubs:] Being a Cubs fan prepares you for life - and Washington.

Can't react every time you're insulted. Free people absorb destructive things and refuse to be destroyed

Occasionally I’ll be sitting somewhere and I’ll be listening to someone perhaps not saying the kindest things about me. And I’ll look down at my hand and I’ll sort of pinch my skin to make sure it still has the requisite thickness I know Eleanor Roosevelt expects me to have.

Donald Trump has shown us who he is. And we ought to believe him. He is taking a hate movement mainstream.