That is what Americans do. We face a challenge - no matter how great - because we know that on the other side there is always hope.

The agreement is fundamentally that we want to try to resolve this. The agreement is that ISIL is a threat to everybody, and we need to come together to find a way to fight ISIL. The agreement is that we want to save Syria, keep it unified, keep it secular. So surely in those very fundamental principles on which we could agree.

I think the question of abortion is one that should be left for the states to decide.

It's hard to believe that in the greatest democracy in the world, we need legislation to prevent the government from writing and paying for the news.

We must retool our nation to prepare for the challenge we already face to maintain our position in the global economy. And this much is certain: America will not have national security without economic security.

You don't value families if you force them to take up a collection to buy body armor for a son or daughter in the service.

Just the fact that we can't pass budgets in our Congress, just the fact that we are gridlocked in our own democracy, the fact that everybody who travels can see that we're not investing in our airports, in our rail, in our infrastructure and so forth, people are noticing a United States that is not getting the job done in some ways.