Real Democrats don't abandon the middle class.

I saw how different life was on different sides of the same city. I saw the fear in the eyes of people who were not free. I saw the gratitude of people toward the United States for all that we had done. I felt goosebumps as I got off a military train and heard the Army band strike up 'Stars and Stripes Forever.'

We need to talk to all the players in the Middle East, not because we agree with them, but because they play a role.

I promise just to serve two terms. Republicans do it differently. They just have the son repeat the father's whole first term.

I am not a spokesperson for the church and the church is not a spokesperson for the United States of America.

If [Bashar] Assad himself could save this whole process by saying, "I will engage in a managed transition where we all work together to stabilize the government, save the institutions of government, and turn on ISIL and preserve Syria." That could happen. It all depends on one man, and Russia and Iran should not be so stubborn here that they tie this whole thing up simply because of one person.

I have a plan to protect the environment so that we leave this place in better shape to our children than we were handed it by our parents.