I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I'm just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

Al Qaeda is almost all in Pakistan, and Pakistan has nuclear weapons. And yet for every dollar we're spending in Pakistan, we're spending $30 in Afghanistan. Does that make strategic sense?

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

For 70 years there's been a consensus among scholars and the American people on a reading to the Constitution that protects the right of privacy, the autonomy of individuals, while at the same time empowering the federal government to protect the less powerful.

I exaggerate when I’m angry, but I’ve never gone around telling people things that aren’t true about me.

I didn't deserve to be president just based on the Richter scale of 'Was I tough enough and did I understand the process?'

It's gonna be one of the great achievements of this administration.