I think it's a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It's why investors try to spread their portfolio round.

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.

Life's messy, " he agreed. "But sometimes amazing things can happen, even when it seems like it's all falling apart.

I wanted nothing for free.Nothing came for free at our place anyway.

Today is yesterday's effect and tomorrow's cause.

You can will an act of service but you cannot will love.

I can't die. It would ruin my image.

Put Smarties tubes on cats legs, make them walk like a robot.

Different authors write different ways, have different relationships with their audiences, and those are all legitimate.

The Governor's Mansion is a beautiful home, a beautiful building - we're privileged to have a chance to live there. It certainly doesn't feel as comfortable as our home.

An old poet ought never to be caught with his technique showing.

Don't exaggerate. Just give your natural bitchy selves full rein