We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society, for nothing suffocates the promise of America more than unbounded cynicism and indifference.

In this world, emotion has become suspect - the accepted style is smooth, antiseptic and passionless.

Apologized for saying Barack Obama was clean and articulate.

We can say, "if you want government money, you have to make this data public - you have to share it."

We need to aggressively take on radical Islamic terrorism but not at the expense of our American values.

I am very optimistic about - about Iraq. I mean, this could be one of the great achievements of this administration. You're going to see 90,000 American troops come marching home by the end of the summer. You're going to see a stable government in Iraq that is actually moving toward a representative government.

When I said clean, I meant he [Barack Obama] was bright. Like when [Donald] Trump said about Carly [Fiorina], "face" he meant "persona."