Women waited 144 years before earning suffrage. If a mature, multiparty democracy was so darn easy, everybody would have one.

Transnational terrorism, in the form of the Salafi Jihadist movement, is fundamentally a function of globalization.

You cant drag people from understanding to action. A customer isnt actually at the last mile if youre the one dragging her to the finish line.

If you can get out in front of people with your ideas and your execution, you'll attract the people who need to be pulled in.

Great powers reserve the right to police bad actors in their neighborhoods.

Run with what works: Sell to the people who believe in you and are willing to take the chances and make the experience happen.

The Marines are like my West Highland Terrier. They get up every morning, they want to dig a hole, and they want to kill something.

So long as the global economy continues to recover, that remains Obama's No. 1 claim to successful leadership. Nothing else even comes close.

That’s what happens to friends, eventually. They leave you. It’s practically what they’re for.

Using two-dimensional lenses to perceive the multi-faceted world can limit your ability to observe the world more objectively.

Mine first --mine last-- mine even in the grave!

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.

The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage.

If you tell people that they have what it takes to succeed, they'll prove you right

Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song.

Unlike a mere deception or a simple secret, which gives the impression that something's been taken away, a great magician makes you feel like something's been given to you.

More stuff and more money don't bring more happiness.

The Haiti that has been waiting for help and not moving no longer exists. Enough handouts; we need hands up. Enough aid; we need trade.