If you want to be a Jewish state and you want to remain a democracy, you have to have a two-state solution.

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.

Nobody's interests are served by what's happening in Syria today. It's a catastrophe. It's the worst human catastrophe since World War II. And, as I said just now, it represents a failure of the entire international community to come to grips with solving it.

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.

Each and every child in this country is valuable because they are our future as a society. We cannot afford to lose a single child to ill-health, under-education, abuse, addiction, jail, or gun violence. America's highest goal should be for every child to grow up to be a successful young adult -- healthy, educated, free, secure, and a good citizen.

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.

A fundamental premise of politics is we can make this work if people just never figure it out.