We have to be concerned that Russia is also increasing its military influence in Egypt, potentially in Libya, also in Afghanistan.

I think Russia must have been very embarrassed by Syria's use of chemical weapons because it really undercut Putin's role back in 2013 in saying he had helped get rid of Syria's weapons.

Putin is somebody who really respects strength.

It is clear that there would nothing a U.N. Security Council resolution that condemned Syria because Syria is Russia's ally, and Russia has a veto in the U.N. Security Council.

I don't think that we're necessarily going to see the U.S. and Russia becoming out and out military competitors against each other.

You’re only poor if you give up. The most important thing is that you did something. Most people only talk and dream of getting rich. You’ve done something.

Nothing will ever be solved if we wallow in the darkness of denial.

Wisdom is harder to do than it is to know.

Without duty life is soft and bone less.

There's no such thing as a sure thing. That's why they call it gambling.

Love is an undulating energy that moves through you, within you, and radiates out of you, and changes everything.

If I could do anything about the way people behave towards each other, I would, but since I can't, I'll stick to animals.

Hence, loathèd Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born, In Stygian cave forlorn, 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy.

Where can I find a man governed by reason instead of habits and urges?

I have heard that it was the perfection of the administration of criminal justice to take care that the punishment should come to few and the example to many.