I think, in the longer view of things, there is a very powerful pull in the direction of participatory government.

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.

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

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.

Do not just pass through life, purposely live it.

I detest 'Jingle Bells, ' 'White Christmas, ' 'Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, ' and the obscene spending bonanza that nowadays seems to occupy not just December, but November and much of October, too.

PANTOMIME, n. A play in which the story is told without violence to the language. The least disagreeable form of dramatic action.

When in doubt, always choose love & gratitude.

Protecting Americans from harm goes beyond police and national defense. It's imperative that we not destroy the commons, the physical environment on which we rely.

Children cannot lobby and cannot vote. We must speak for them.

Well, if everything stays the same forever, you stop enjoying what you've got. And stop appreciating people.

Genesis 50:20 applies to every area of life.

I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.

Great interests demand great safeguards.