Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We - the American people - we are the solution.

If, two people have good minds and they're looking at problems, if they agree all the time it means one of them is not thinking. If they disagree all the time, it means one of them is not thinking. They're just allowing their political position to dictate their position on an issue. And I think that's unhealthy. And the public knows better.

On Bill Clinton: I have a simple question: Who's the last President to give you a balanced budget?

The best example of all, to me, that our problems are both personal and cultural and political and social is the whole condition of the middle class economically.

Ultimately, the best strategy to ensure our security and to build a durable peace is to support the advance of democracy elsewhere. Democracies don't attack each other.

Just because you can't do everything, it doesn't mean you shouldn't do what you can.

The future belongs to those who are creative collaborators