I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life.

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.

Love is not about only about caring, but it is also about what type of feeling for caring

Not like others? You may be inspired differently. Be bold, step out, follow YOUR intuition, no matter how sedate or impossible it may appear

The prescription of the equality of human beings is not a description of an alleged actual equality among humans: it is a prescription of how we should treat human beings.

A Rolex watch or an expensive car are the things guys often use to show status, wealth, and basic desirability.

Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.

We applaud Congress for extending equitable abortion coverage to female Peace Corps volunteers.

There's no right or wrong in the study of enlightenment. There's only experience.

Feed your faith and starve your doubts.

The trouble with organizing a thing is that pretty soon folks get to paying more attention to the organization than to what they're organized for.

There is plenty of room at the top because very few people care to travel beyond the average route. And so most of us seem satisfied to remain within the confines of mediocrity.