I think there's a racial outcome to a lot of what goes in America, but I don't think race is always the reason.

I don't want my marriage or my guns registered in Washington.

I've thought for some time that the answer to a lot of problems in the Middle East, including Iran, include an active role with Russia. And I think, in some ways, we've taken show votes in the U.N. that are guaranteed to failure before we take them.

The most important thing you will do is yet to be seen. For me, I found my important thing to do when I learned to do surgery on the eye, when I learned to restore a person's vision.

I really think that discrimination and racism is a horrible thing. And I don't want any form of it in our government, in our public sphere.

Currently, the United States has troops in dozens of countries and is actively fighting in Iraq, Syria, Libya, and Yemen (with the occasional drone strike in Pakistan). In addition, the United States is pledged to defend 28 countries in NATO. It is unwise to expand the monetary and military obligations of the United States given the burden of our $20 trillion debt.

I think we ought to quit sending [help] to countries that burn our flag.