In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of jihad.

Syria is ready to cooperate and coordinate all efforts, whether regional or international, to combat terrorism

Its very strange that you condemn me as a terrorist at the same time as you call on me to help you combat terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. It doesnt make sense!

Laying siege to enemy-controlled cities allows attacking armies to keep their own casualties low by avoiding urban combat.

I think Hillary Clinton is a good and effective secretary of state.

No one has free will until they are an adult, and by then the choices that were made for them, have already set them on a course that gives limited freedom in the choices to be made.

Failure results from broken focus, and an average person with complete unwavering focus can achieve more than a team of geniuses with broken focus.

There's no such thing as an evil race, just evil circumstances that make people do evil things.

See what I mean? You gotta be crazy. Ain't no time to be sane.

First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.

When adversity hits, go out and learn something.

If there's any literary ability in a feller, getting fired out of a good government job will bring it out.

Take earth for your own large room and the floor of earth carpeted with sunlight and hung round with silver wind for your dancing place.

As elite attitudes towards public education over time illustrate, simple formulas are far from adequate. There are conflicting tendencies.

A generation ago, the image was that you had to trample everyone else down to succeed; but I don't believe that makes good business sense.