I think the American people should know there's already strong influences toward another deployment of American troops in an open-ended commitment.

We are taught to understand, correctly, that courage is not the absence of fear, but the capacity for action despite our fears.

Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country.

I am fully prepared to be commander in chief... I don't need on-the-job training.

Courage is the enforcing virtue, the one that makes possible all the other virtues common to exceptional leaders: honesty, integrity, confidence, compassion and humility

Washington is a Hollywood for ugly people. Hollywood is a Washington for the simpleminded.

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.

Fear is the opportunity for courage, not proof of cowardice.

The core political values of our free society are so deeply embedded in our collective consciousness that only a few malcontents, lunatics generally, ever dare to threaten them.

I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon and see it at sunset, that the hand of God is there also.

Thank God for our form of government. The media won't let there be any cover-up.

Reform must come from within not from without. You cannot legislate for virtue.

We've come under the influence of television, where in all honesty we can follow a show that could just get cancelled midway through the season and the entire plotline never resolves itself.

From virtue all happy states arise.

I wanna be a president for everyone in America. That's my goal, this what I will do, that's what I've done in my past.

I love the opportunity to do lots of different kinds of projects - independent films and big studio epics as well.

Experience, which destroys innocence, also leads one back to it.

It felt like it disrupted my rhythm in growing up. But I will say that I'm really grateful for [my mother's] own personal transition.

Failing to hold someone accountable is ultimately an act of selfishness.

People destined to meet will do so, apparently by chance, at precisely the right moment.

Suffering is an extraordinary teacher.