Bashar al-Assad and those who still stand by him are now responsible for the deaths of more than 20,000 in Syria.

The kids are Job One. So, to be quite candid, if they need me, I do my utmost to make sure I'm there.

Progress is the product of human agency. Things get better because we make them better. Things go wrong when we get too comfortable, when we fail to take risks or seize opportunities.

The larger picture here is that a North Korea with nuclear weapons adds to the larger proliferation risk.

I have been to Libya and walked the streets of Benghazi myself.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

If you want change, you have to make it. If we want progress we have to drive it.

Once you've learned to study in a bathing suit on the grass with muscled men throwing frisbees over your head, you can accomplish almost anything.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests

We have to know who we are and know what we believe.

What's the face of a coward? The back of his head as he runs from the battle

Fishing is much less about the fishing, and much more about the time alone with your kid, away from the hustle and bustle of the everyday.

It is a man's duty to have books. A library is not a luxury, but one of the necessaries in life.

Everything passes, but nothing entirely goes away.

The crowning fortune of a man is to be born to some pursuit which finds him employment and happiness whether it be to make baskets or broadswords or canals or statues or songs.

There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.

The life must be a well-balanced life, not lopsided in any manner to bring contentment.

Good music always defeats bad luck

If you're looking for Mr. Perfect, you‟re going to spend your whole life being disappointed, because he doesn‟t exist. You have to get the best deal you can, but there will always be problems.

Gossip is one thing, hurtful gossip is completely another, and even in high school we weren't THAT mean.