Moammar Gadhafi had more American blood on his hands than any individual other than Osama bin Laden.

How does the saying go? When two locusts fight, it is always the crow that feasts.' Is that a Luo expression?' I asked. Sayid's face broke into a bashful smile. We have a similar expression in Luo,' he said, 'but actually I must admit that I read this particular expression in a book by Chinua Achebe. The Nigerian writer. I like his books very much. He speaks the truth about Africa's predicament. the Nigerian, the Kenya - it is the same. We share more than divides us.

We all remember Abraham Lincoln as the leader who saved our Union. Founder of the Republican Party.

No country should deny people their rights because of who they love, which is why we must stand up for the rights of gays and lesbians everywhere.

I can be much more sarcastic and, I think, sometimes withering in my assessments of things than I allow to show in my public life.

A free market was never meant to be a free licence to take whatever you can get, however you can get it.

I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington.