I was also very concerned about protecting my family.

President Obama's record on national security is a tribute to his strength, and judgment, and to his preference for inclusion and partnership over partisanship.

Shakespeare wrote, Einstein thought, Ataturk built.

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.

Communications and commerce are global; investment is mobile; technology is almost magical; and ambition for a better life is now universal. We earn our livelihood in peaceful competition with people all across the earth. Profound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world, and the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.

My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.

I made a big mistake. It is indefensible and I am sorry.