"The thing about the American people, and I've said this before, is that they're really good people. They're just like you and me. They want to do the right thing. They just sometimes get confused."

"We've got to reject the notion that somehow America is in decline. We've got to reject the notion that our best days are behind us."

"I think that what we have to do is to remind ourselves that we are all in this together."

"I was not a particularly good student in high school. I was a pretty good basketball player, but I was not a particularly good student. And I spent a lot of time doing things other than studying."

"I've got a pen and I've got a phone."