It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, it may take another Clinton to clean up after the second one

Stay in the middle,don't get pushed to the side,every chance that's worth taking,is a chance worth the fight

I know you [Donald Trump] live in your own reality, but that is not the facts.

Presidents should be very careful at all times in discussing the use or non-use of nuclear weapons. Presidents since the cold war have used nuclear deterrence to keep the peace, and I don't believe that any president should make any blanket statements with respect to the use or non-use of nuclear weapons.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

I know from my own experience that you've got to be ready on day one. There is just too much unpredictable threat and danger in the world today to try to just say wait, I'll get to that when I can. That is just not an acceptable approach.

There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.