An excessive knowledge of Marxism is a sign of a misspent youth.

Amateur bureaucrats are often even worse than professional bureaucrats.

Hard distinctions make bad philosophy.

Foolishness is rarely a matter of lack of intelligence or even lack of information.

I think Kamala Harris would be a fantastic president. I've known her for many years. We've worked on a lot of issues together, including criminal justice reform and also specifically on bail reform. I think she is the leader we need who can unite the American people.

When President Obama was in the Senate, when he was a U.S. senator, he voted against raising the debt ceiling. And he said it was a lack of leadership that had brought us to this point.

For years, European leaders have pointed out that Europe is an economic giant, but a military pygmy.

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.