America has everything most countries envy. A Constitution which is the treasure of mankind, a strong military, natural resources of every kind. Above all, as Tocqueville said, a good people, which is what makes us great.

These guys [Republicans] are the most crooked, you know, lying group I've ever seen.

We do not need more division. We certainly do not need something as complex and emotional as Vietnam reduced to simple campaign rhetoric.

The Russians need to understand that you cannot have peace [in Syria] unless you resolve the question of Sunni buy-in.

The oceans themselves are threatened and life itself, therefore, and the planet is threatened because of it.

President Clinton was often known as the first black president. I wouldn't be upset if I could earn the right to be the second.

Mitt Romney says he believes in America and that he will restore American exceptionalism. I have news for him, we already have an exceptional American as president and we believe in Barack Obama.