The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy.

The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve - and self-awareness - to make a change.

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump.

In the Middle East there are two kinds of regimes - those that could be worse, and those that couldn't be worse.

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.

Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves.

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think that's dreadful.

When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up to guys like Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a conservative.

The only person who counts in the administration is the president of the United States.

I have been writing about Hillary Clinton, I just actually looked this up, since 1998 when she was busy standing by when Suha Arafat was launching anti-Semitic tirades against Israel and the Jews.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.

I hated him for making me stop hating him

One of the most effective things you will ever do in life, whether you care to or not, is set an example.

Total war is the most humane in the long run.

I started training for musicals since I was a boy.

What we forgot as children is that our parents are children, also. The child in them has not been satisfied or met or loved, often.

I don't believe in God. ...I hope he doesn't hold that against me.

The deep sea is the largest museum on earth, it contains more history than all the museums on land combined, and yet we're only now penetrating it.

The soul has illusions as the bird has wings: it is supported by them.

For man is a giddy thing, and this is my conclusion.