An election is an opportunity for a new consensus.

Romney economics would spell disaster for America's middle class. In this economy there are shipbuilders and ship wreckers.

We need to focus on destroying ISIL, but we shouldn't be the ones declaring that [Bashir] Assad must go.

Our role in the world is not to roam the globe looking for new dictators to topple. Our role in the world is to make ourselves a beacon of hope. Make ourselves stronger at home, but also our role in the world, yes, is also to confront evil when it rises.

If you give voters a choice between a Democrat who promises to do nothing and a Republican who promises to do nothing, they’re generally going to side with the Republican, because they’re better at that than we are.

I think we should want all of our cities to become more compassionate places, frankly.

An election is an opportunity for a new consensus.