We Americans think, in every country in transition, there's a Thomas Jefferson hiding behind some rock or a James Madison beyond one sand dune.

No one making less than $250,000 under Barack Obama's plan will see one single penny of their tax raised, whether it's their capital gains tax, their income tax, investment tax, any tax.

We must rekindle the fire of idealism in our society.

I've been waiting over 40 years to come to Cyprus, and it has not disappointed - the birthplace of Aphrodite, the Crossroads of Civilization, and, I might add, a genuine strategic partner to the United States of America.

We don't want two-tier people in America. Those who are legal but not citizens, and citizens.

I used to say to my late wife, 'I have great faith in the American people.'

Don't hold against me that I don't own - that I don't own a single stock or bond. Don't hold it - I have no savings accounts.

America's commitment to collective defense under Article 5 of NATO is a sacred obligation in our view - a sacred obligation not just for now, but for all time.

Most Americans think there's already universal background checks. They don't understand why there wouldn't be a background check to purchase a weapon.

Romania can be a linchpin in delivering gas to its neighbors and even become an energy exporter for its neighbors across Central and Eastern Europe.

The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution.

ISIS is not an existential threat to something happening to someone in the United States of America. It's a serious problem overseas, but it's confusing and frightening.

You're looking at a middle-class guy. I am who I am.

I've been really, really fortunate.

We're close friends - the American people, the Israeli people, our governments. There's absolutely no daylight - none - between us and the Israelis on the question of Israel's security.

I know what I believe, I know what I want to do, and I'm just comfortable saying it, and laying it out there.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

You've got to reach a hand of friendship across the aisle and across philosophies in this country.

I graduated from the University of Delaware with a double major in history and political science.

The White House isn't the place to learn how to deal with international crisis, the balance of power, war and peace, and the economic future of the next generation.

When my first semester grades came out, my mom and dad told me I wouldn't be playing football.

The only thing I know is I ain't changing my brand. I know what I believe. I'm confident in what I know. And I'm gonna say it. And if folks like it, wonderful. If they don't like it, I understand.

I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world.

The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that - children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.

Let me tell you what I literally told every world leader I've met with, and I've met them all: It's never, never, never been a good bet to bet against America. We have the finest fighting force in the world.

We're going to be OK because of the American people. They have more grit, determination and courage than you can imagine.

I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.

The American people are so much stronger, so much more resolved than any enemy can fully understand.

I was kind of secretly hoping one of my kids would go out and make a million bucks. So when they put me in a home, at least I'll have a window with a view.

Saudi Arabia has allowed training on its soil of American forces.

In my neighborhood, when you've got something to say to a guy, you look him in the eye and you say it to him.

Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed some of the toughest Wall Street regulations in history, turning Wall Street back into the allocator of capital it always has been and no longer a casino. And they want to repeal it.

Putin sought to keep Ukraine weak through corruption.

I'm not big on flak jackets and tie-dyed shirts. You know, that's not me.

You are twice as likely to be struck by lightning as you around to be affected by a terrorist event in the United States.

I know why we're strong. I know why we have held together; I know why we are united: it's because there's always been a growing middle class.

This nuclear option is ultimately an example of the arrogance of power.

No matter how you cut it, this real debate on personal accounts is about the legitimacy of Social Security; it's not about the solvency of Social Security.

It's presumptuous to say you know how somebody feels.

I have an expression I use as I've gone around the world through my career: 'You never tell another man or woman what's in their interest. They know their interest better than you know their interest.'

You know, my Grandpop Finnegan used to have an expression: he used to say, 'Joey, the guy in Olyphant's out of work, it's an economic slowdown. When your brother-in-law's out of work, it's a recession. When you're out of work, it's a depression.'

Presumptuous for me to say, but at least - at a minimum - I've been able to influence the direction of the Democratic Party on foreign policy. And I've been relatively - presumptuous to say - relatively successful legislatively in the Senate, being able to win a lot of Republican friends, and being able to cross the aisle.

Well, I thought the deal was, when you went to work for the government you weren't supposed to make money!

Foreign policy is like human relations, only people know less about each other.

There's only one person in this race who will be there, who's always been there for you, and that's Hillary Clinton's life story.

Abe Foxman has been a friend and advisor of mine for a long time.

The devastating punch we took on September 11th still reverberates throughout American society.