Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.

You don't need to know who's playing on the White House tennis court to be a good president

If you're not gonna pull the trigger, don't point the gun.

You talk to your enemies, not just your friends.

I understand personally, ... that it is frustrating to lose presidential elections by narrow margins.