Under our constitutional system, the executive executes the laws that Congress has passed. It should not be executing laws that Congress has rejected.

When under attack, no country is obligated to collect permission slips from allies to strike back.

A drone is a high-tech version of an old army and a musket. It ought to be used in Somalia to hunt bad guys, but not in America. I don't want to see it hovering over anybody's home.

Chess: It's like alcohol. It's a drug. I have to control it, or it could overwhelm me. I have a regular Monday night game at my home, and I do play a little online.

To understand the workings of American politics, you have to understand this fundamental law: Conservatives think liberals are stupid. Liberals think conservatives are evil.

There's a reason why in New York Harbor we have the Statue of Liberty, not the Statue of Equality.

If fences don't work, why is there one around the White House.

In explaining any puzzling Washington phenomenon, always choose stupidity over conspiracy, incompetence over cunning. Anything else gives them too much credit.

Better to be paralyzed from the neck down than the neck up

Washington is the only place in the world where a gaffe is when a politician accidently speaks the truth.

Obsession with self is the motif of our time.

We are, or rather our natural desire to evade pain and to attain pleasure is, the primary reason we do or say every single thing we do or say.

We are not just Art for Michelangelo to carve, he can't rewrite the agro of my furied heart- Lady Gaga 10/22/10

Collaboration requires focusing on everything from vision and values to how individuals can feel they are making a real contribution.

The meaning of man's existence is not to dominate over others, but to better humanity.

I think Twitter is a fabulous tool. Crowd-sourcing by Twitter is useful in getting early warnings.

Every experience is worth having.

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

I want to learn how to be more thankful for what I am, than guilty for what I'm not.

We don't need a strongman. But we need a strong country that is not subordinate to Europe. With its own currency, for example.

We all deal with being unfairly judged.