Bill Clinton: “It's time for the lawmakers to do what the law enforcers have asked: Pass the crime bill now.”

We've never seen anything like this before in my lifetime – somebody that says, 'Whatever I want should be the law of the land. It's my way or the highway.'

Diverse groups make better decisions than homogenous ones do.

We've seen more than one election slip away from us when we thought it couldn't happen.

And I think we are facing challenges today without precedent in our history.