Islamic State is mainly a direct result of the failure in Syria. That's where IS has grown. That's where IS spread from.

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.

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

There is a commanded blessing on anyone that values, esteems and stands for justice in society.

A man who lives long enough will be a boy twice.

I came to America with a dream and I made it. The dream became reality. America is built for success.

You can't please everybody. I give up. I'm not trying to. I don't care. Leave me alone with that.

You're about to walk on stage and play together for the next few hours so you want to feel connected and make sure that everyone is in the same head space; a good head space.

So long as there is breath in me, I will persist.

I leave shreds of my soul on every experience.

We've got to reinvest in space travel. We should have never left the moon.

Base is the slave that pays.