The conservative Republican governors tend to be more oriented toward trying to work with Democrats and getting things done.

Though I often disagree with Republicans, I never learned to hate them the way the far right that now controls their party seems to hate our president [Barack Obama] and a lot of other Democrats.

I'm just trying to suppress my natural impulses and get back to work.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

The light may be fading on the 20th century, but the sun is still rising on America.

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.

A preemptive action today, however well-justified, may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future. And because... I've done this. I've ordered these kinds of actions - I don't care how precise your bombs and your weapons are, when you set them off, innocent people will die.