We haven't done anything. That has devolved into a partisan bickering of the kind that says Nero was fiddling while Rome burned.

Sister Virginia used to say, 'You'll be known by the company you keep.'

It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's not appeasement. I think it's better even to call it American self-interest.

A nuclear weapon of some dimension, whether it's actually a nuclear weapon, or a dirty bomb, or some kind of radiological device. Yes, I think it's probably a near thing.

You just have to come to grips with the fact that people don't like to be invaded or bombed by anybody. And America has been engaged in that.

The war in Iraq - if Osama was a Christian - it's the Christmas present he never would have expected.

Most dramatically, and perhaps least noticed, is the violence inside Saudi Arabia itself.

I don't believe in inevitability. But I think it's pretty close to being inevitable...Yes, I think it's probably a near thing.

If the Americans attack Iran for the first time in 1,400 years, we may unite Sunnis and Shias against us. So I guess there is room for accomplishment everywhere.

One of the problems of not allowing the American people to read what bin Laden has said is that in October 2001 just after the war began in Afghanistan, he gave a speech that had two parts to it.

I think we'll see it mostly in the United States. We're getting to the point where al Qaeda is ready to again attack us inside America. I think we're basically defenseless.

I wear the words we didn't say. My heart is clothed in them every day.

I feel pretty stupid that I don't know any foreign languages. I wish I knew French or Arabic or Chinese.

In the kingdome of blind men the one ey'd is king. [In the kingdom of blind men the one eyed is king.]

If Lincoln were alive today, he'd be turning over in his grave.

It's superfun being a mom, but it's hard too.

Whether I'm shooting 10-under or 10-over I have to realize people have come a long way to see me play. I can't be back-handing putts.

A good deal is a state of mind.

When I want friendship defined - I look at my friends.

Why are Americans so fascinated by Ireland?" Keith asked... "you all think you're Irish. What's the appeal? Do you like the accent more? Is it all the magical rocks? Oh, look, a lep­rechaun.

Tell me who you are. You need not tell me your name. Names have power, even human ones. Tell me where you live and what you do with your living.