In the Middle East there are two kinds of regimes - those that could be worse, and those that couldn't be worse.

The dismissal of any of these people would send a useful signal to U.S. allies that the president has the nerve - and self-awareness - to make a change.

The United States survives so long as at least one of its major parties is politically and intellectually healthy.

I don't think the Republican Party, or I should say the Republican Party as the vehicle for modern American conservative ideas, survives with Donald Trump.

The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.

Hillary Clinton, as awful as I find her, is a survivable event. I'm not so sure about [Donald] Trump.

In taking care with language, we take care of ourselves.

I think a Donald Trump presidency sets up an Elizabeth Warren ascendancy. And it not Elizabeth Warren, someone of her ilk. And I think that's dreadful.

When it comes to trade, when it comes to standing up to countries like North Korea, when it comes to standing up to guys like Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump is not a conservative.

The only person who counts in the administration is the president of the United States.

I have been writing about Hillary Clinton, I just actually looked this up, since 1998 when she was busy standing by when Suha Arafat was launching anti-Semitic tirades against Israel and the Jews.

If you tend to a flower, it will bloom, no matter how many weeds surround it.

I've fallen in love with baseball.

I like nonsense it wakes up the brain cells.

I may have been the only candidate in America who failed to ride the wave of anti-establishment anger to victory.

All I have to do is find someone who has something to say that will enrich my life and they can't get rid of me.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

I guess creepy comes natural to me - I hate to say that.

I live my life because I dare. I dare to show up when everyone else might hide their faces and hide their bodies in shame.

Be harsh with yourself at times.

Meditation is silence. Silence is God In His Infinity's Smile.