One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.
Remember, before they called it Obamacare, they called it Hillarycare.
I had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails.
Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.
There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.
I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio.
I meet with people all day long.
The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.
The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.
'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.
I think I'm very hardheaded.
Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.
I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.
When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface-to-air missiles to bring down a commercial airline, that is a form of terrorism.
Hamas, we know, embeds missiles, embeds command-and-control units in civilian areas.
Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.