I don't want to get into an argument with somebody about how they ought to vote.

When there is cheating, the cheating needs to be called.

Politics doesn't have to be a drag. It can be positive, and it can be fun, and it can be inspiring.

I've been frankly very surprised at the intensity of our differences [with Russia]. I mean, between what appears to be hacking of our political system to the aggressive use of nukes on the borders, to these atrocities in Syria and their warnings. I've been very, very surprised at the intensity of all this.

People have now been absorbing only that they agree with. You know, part of it is if you're liberal, you consume liberal information. If you're a conservative, you consume conservative information. And there's a certain stridency in both that you know everything, and if somebody doesn't agree with you, you think they don't know what they're talking about, and you become intolerant.

Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.

(God) wants America to succeed. And he wants America to lead.