Let’s remember that our leadership is defined not just by our defence against threats, but by the enormous opportunities to do good and promote understanding.
The very technologies that empower us to do great good can also be used to undermine us and inflict great harm.
I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day, and I will always defend their right to do so.
The senators know it’s important to win statewide to have Hispanics and other immigrant populations supporting them.
We know that the nation that goes all-in on innovation today will own the global economy tomorrow. This is an edge America cannot surrender.
I could say, as a member of Congress, we usually get an alert if something is going to happen at the Capitol.
Now, if you have or had one of these plans before the Affordable Care Act came into law and you really liked that plan, what we said was you can keep it if it hasn’t changed since the law passed.
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there’s still truth there to be found.
I’ve been keeping my own naughty and nice list for Washington.
So just to be clear, I’m not going to sign any package that somehow prevents the top rate from going up for folks at the top 2 percent.
I think I have an ongoing conversation with God. I think throughout the day, I’m constantly asking myself questions about what I’m doing, why am I doing it.
Jesus Christ is the LORD. I believe in that.
I’d say, probably, intellectually I’ve drawn as much from Judaism as any other faith.
Maybe you could be a great writer – maybe even good enough to write a book or articles in a newspaper – but you might not know it until you write that English paper – that English class paper that’s assigned to you.
One of the interesting things about being in public life is there are constantly these pressures being placed on you from different sides. To be effective, you have to be able to listen to a variety of points of view, synthesize viewpoints.
Buy health insurance, or go to jail.
I don’t want you folks to do a lot of talking. Just shut up and get out of the way.
Civility also requires relearning how to disagree without being disagreeable. Surely you can question my policies without questioning my faith or, for that matter, my citizenship.
I’m not sure we have the right strategy in Afghanistan. Let me think this over for a few months.
I’m going to tell the American people what I believe will make this country great.