America is the primary engine of growth in the world and we are the only beacon of free trade left, and open markets.

But economic recovery must be earned. And it will be earned by entrepreneurs and it will be earned by small businesses.

The real secret about diplomats is that we're trained to say something, when there is nothing to say, and to say nothing when there is something to say.

Our political debates today are corrosive and not reflective of the belief that Abe Lincoln espoused back in his day: that we are a great country because we are a good country.

To be clear. I believe in evolution and trust scientists on global warming. Call me crazy.

The reality, sitting ten thousand miles away, is that we remain the country that inspires. We remain that shining city on a hill.

My father, one of the great entrepreneurs and philanthropists of this state, taught me that capital - monetary or political - is to be used to benefit others. I intend to continue that tradition.

Politics is a lot of serendipity. You're in the right place and the right time and you've got the right message, and it either connects for you or, or it doesn't.

When America closes its doors, so does everybody else.

It's taken a lot of presidents to get us where we are today, a lot of deployments, a lot of wars, a lot engagements. You add them all up.

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

It takes us away from the world of strangersTo a new world of laughter With time the whirled churning deep insideAnd why does the smile fades, as age passes?

The first step out of the gate has to be knowing where you want to end up. What do you really want from your company?

Before criticizing your wife's faults remember that they may have prevented her from getting a better husband.

People are so sensitive, people are so defensive. I agree with you. We have to learn to loosen up, lighten up, and laugh a little bit.

The theater is a weapon, and it is the people who should wield it.

It's hard to be stuck with people that you love, when nobody trusts

All the traditional westerns are about choice and the individual. When progress comes it's much more difficult to define the individual in that world.

Seeing something once is better than hearing about it a hundred times. Doing something once is better than seeing it a hundred times.

The wish to spread those opinions that we hold conducive to our own welfare is so deeply rooted in the English character that few of us can escape its influence.

A mistake in drawing becomes difficult to detect when the eye is familiar with it.