History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.

That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

An Attitude of Gratitude Delivers to you the Altitude of Beatitudes

Theere is an imperative to be in a process, the energy & consciousness of life means for us to be constantly observing, learning & becoming.

It is hard, she thought, it is hard for us to think of people who dislike us because none of us, in our heart, believes that we deserve the hatred of others.

The strong one doesn't win, the one that wins is strong.

If you want to know the feeling [of labor pain], just take your bottom lip and pull it over your head.

It is hard to make your adversaries real people unless you recognize yourself in them - in which case, if you don't watch out, they cease to be adversaries.

Men resemble great deserted palaces: the owner occupies only a few rooms and has closed-off wings where he never ventures.

I'm not perfect. But clothes help. A good bra with some underwire definitely helps a lot!

People think I'm smarter than I am.

It is a sure mark of grace to desire more.