Jesus is an historical figure for me, and he’s also a bridge between God and man, in the Christian faith, and one that I think is powerful precisely because he serves as that means of us reaching something higher.
Who you are and who you love should never be a fireable offense.
Any time bombs are used to target civilians it is an act of terror.
Any fool can have a child. That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
The changes in thinking about same-sex marriage have come slowly at first and then in rapid course. If such change is possible in this area, is it also possible in the vexed and sordid realm of race relations?
We’re going to achieve our goal. We are going to degrade and ultimately defeat ISIL.
A lot of shelter dogs are mutts like me.
The most expensive care we can give, we’re giving those Americans without insurance. It’s kind of stupid that we’re fighting the notion that we want to quit paying a hidden tax and be up front about covering people in a way that is cost-effective.
Every life must be given the chance to realize its full potential – that every life matters.
Iran will for sure have pledged to the international community that it will not develop a nuclear weapon, and now will be subject to an additional protocol, a more vigorous inspection and monitoring regime that lasts in perpetuity.
To look at the issue of life and abortion, actually we’re moving in that direction where most Americans oppose most abortions.
I am a strong believer in the free market. I am a strong believer in capitalism. But, I am also a strong believer that there are certain common goods – our air, our water, making sure that people are safe – that require to have some regulation.
All I care about is making sure that I leave behind an America that is stronger, more prosperous, more stable, more secure than it was when I came into office and that’s going to continue to drive me.
Black children, white children, Latino children. America is becoming more diverse, it’s becoming more tolerant as a consequence there’s more interactions between groups. There are going be tensions that arise.
Our founders made it extraordinarily difficult to amend the Constitution.
The Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
There’s a reason why the NRA’s not here. They’re just down the street. And since this is the main reason they exist, you’d think that they’d be prepared to have a debate with a president.
No discrimination, that’s what we’re about as a country.
If the Court finds that there is not a state interest in discriminating and showing moral disapproval of homosexuality then we can’t stop equal marriage rights.
Why can’t I just eat my waffle?