I don't believe that anybody is above the law. On the other hand, I also have a belief that we need to look forward as opposed to looking backwards.

We went through our rough patches in the White House, as she's written about and she's talked about. But I tell you, the thing that I think we were good about was talking stuff through, never losing fundamental love and respect for each…

The stakes in making America work are not just important for Americans, but for the world.

Donald Trump breached so many norms, so many basic assumptions about what a president should or should not do.

Some folks still don't think I spend enough time with Congress. Why don't you get a drink with Mitch McConnell, they ask.

You know how in the spy thriller or the heist movie, you're introduced to the crew at the beginning? I told Rachel Maddow, Lindsey's the guy who double-crosses everyone to save his own skin.

A president is a public servant. They are temporary occupants of the office by design. And when your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond your own ego and your own interests and your own disappointments.

When your time is up, then it is your job to put the country first and think beyond your own ego. My advice to President Trump is, if you want at this late stage in the game to be remembered as somebody who put country first, it's time for…

If you are listening to some of the talk radio that Trump voters are listening to, if you're watching Fox News, if you're getting these tweets, those allegations are presented as facts.

The peaceful transfer of power, the notion that any of us who attain an elected office, whether it's dogcatcher or president, are servants of the people. It's a temporary job. We're not above the rules. We're not above law. That's the…

I hope to give an honest rendering of my time in office.

Any of us who attain an elected office, whether it's dog catcher or President, are servants of the people. It's a temporary job. We're not above the rules. We're not above the law. That's the essence of our democracy.

They appear to be motivated in part because the President doesn't like to lose and never admits loss. I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this…

Our democracy seems to be teetering on the brink of crisis, a crisis that has left the body politic divided, angry and mistrustful and is allowed for an ongoing breach of institutional norms, procedural safeguards and the adherence to…

They appear to be motivated, in part, because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss. I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this.

When Donald Trump won, I stayed up until 2:30 in the morning, and I then called Donald Trump to congratulate him.

The presidency and the vice presidency is bigger than any of us. So, I have instructed my team to work as hard as we can to make sure that this is a successful transition for the president-elect.

It is one more step in delegitimatizing not just the incoming Biden administration but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path.

But there's damage to this, because what happens is that the peaceful transfer of power, the notion that any of us who attain an elected office, whether it's dogcatcher or president, are servants of the people. It's a temporary job. We're…

They appear to be motivated in part because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss.

I'm encouraged by the record-setting number of Americans who turned out to vote in last week's election have an abiding trust in Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, in their character and capacity to do what is right. But I also know that no…

I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this, are humoring him in this fashion. It is one more step in delegitimizing not just the incoming Biden administration, but…

It is one more step in delegitimizing, not just the incoming Biden administration but democracy generally. And that's a dangerous path.

They appear to be motivated in part because the president doesn't like to lose and never admits loss. I'm more troubled by the fact that other Republican officials who clearly know better are going along with this are humoring him in this…

decent, honest and loyal person