"I'm not a particularly ideological person."

"I mean, I've got a lot of things to do. I've got to take care of my dog. I've got to walk Bo. I've got to make sure that Sasha and Malia are doing their homework. I've got to make sure that Michelle i…"

"They get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren’t like them."

"I'm not a fan of the idea that we can just be complacent our way to progress."

"I think I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policy than my policy directors. And I'm a better political director than my political director."