I do not believe that a counterterrorism strategy all by itself, without a sufficient level of counterinsurgency, will work.

Chick-fil-A values are not Chicago values.

Take your f***ing tampon out and tell me what you have to say.

I like what I read, I find it intellectually engaging and I don't really have that much time, so I gotta make every bit count. I read magazines and stuff like that, but if I'm going to read a book, I want to come out smarter. It's not to escape, it's to learn.

The moment somebody's a president and you call him "Mr. President," (the person represents) our culture, our history, our sense as our nation.

And the last thing that I want to see us do is ask more and more of our troops [in Afghanistan ] without guaranteeing that we're providing more and more of what's necessary to make the mission successful.

Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history.