I'm not competing in Iowa for a reason.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

It doesn’t matter where I am

Thinking is so easy and natural, you have to do it when you're on a rock, in the middle of the ocean.

My mother was a housewife. Both from - well, my father was from a farming family, agricultural family in the north of England. And my mother came from a very working class.

Drugs are marvelous--it's life that's evil. And sometimes the only way to face it is to get completely twisted.

Democracy is not brute numbers; it is a genuine union of true individuals...the essence of democracy is creating. The technique of democracy is group organization.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

I am convinced that nine out of every ten persons seeing a psychiatrist do not need one. They need someone who will love them with God's love...and they will get well.

Flowers are the earth laughing.

I loved the Army as an institution and loathed every single thing it required me to do.

The one being abhorrent to the powers above the earth and under them is the hyphenated American