The buying of influences across sectors has the effect of undermining democratic institutions and negatively impacting on public trust in democratic processes.

We are all mistaken sometimes; sometimes we do wrong things, things that have bad consequences. But it does not mean we are evil, or that we cannot be trusted ever afterward.

It's anybody's guess right now whether he'll run again. I think running for governor again in the state of Florida is more likely than him running for president someday.

Discouragement is the opposite of courage.

I don't think he wants to run out the clock. There are a lot of things left that he wants to do. He'll stay very active until the last minute.

I don't think you'll see him in a wind-down mode. He's trying to milk every last second he can out of this administration to do things on his agenda.