For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

Give with love, give with smile, give freely, it is our duty and responsibility to humanity.

This is the purpose of life, is it not? To create life is the greatest act a living creature can commit.

It is easy to let go of the string and think: This isn't me, it's the arrow. My hands do not bear the blood of this boy, it's the arrow that killed him, not me. But the arrow does not dream at night.

If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words.

I desire therefore I exist.

You can knock me down, step on my face, slander my name all over the place. Do anything that you want to do, but uh-oh, honey, lay off of my shoes.

We are powerful magical beings.

People want government to solve problems, but government is often the cause of the problem.

Take time to make a difference. Don't just obsess about how you can make your life better. Think about how you can make somebody else's life better as well.

I love when things bend out of shape. That's why I love drum and bass music.