As a student of history, I also know civilization's debt to Islam.

There is a certain percentage of the white population ... if they started having more middle-class black kids who are friends with their kids, eating Cheerios in their kitchen, their attitudes start changing.

If you think you got a better idea in terms of how to approach this that's not gonna result in more pollution, and more asthma, and more illness then put your ideas out there. But don't just oppose things because, "This was Obama's agenda."

I'm a big believer in tolerance. I think that religion at it's best comes with a big dose of doubt.

We can't discount how scary and shaken not just the Turkish government is, but Turkish society is. Imagine if you had some rump group of military officials here in the United States who started flying off with F-16s or other artillery and were taking shots at government buildings, and people were killed and injured. People would be scared and rightfully so.

I believe that we have better ideas. But I also believe that good ideas don't matter if people don't hear them.

You can't change Washington from the inside. You can only change it from the outside.