Leaders have to lead.

Nobody wants anybody who's radical, who wants to move in here to be able to gain access. I said we should take a pause on these Syrian migrants. And I believe we should do that.

We need to give everybody a chance, treat everybody with respect, and let them share in this great American dream that we have.

Do you think that I like to have to fight the leaders in my own party over this or that? Of course not. There's no joy in that. But John Kennedy may have said it best - sometimes my party asks too much.

Every time I go to Washington, I break out in a cold sweat. So I try not to spend too much time there.

If you go into a room of 100-plus people, and you want to be the prince of darkness, you can be it. But I don't operate in the dark, I operate in the light.

[Barack Obama] needs to really engage both Republicans and Democrats.