I don't regret the excitement, because I do think that it helped us accomplish as much as we did.

In Texas, we hold very dear to intrusions against our personal liberty. We fight very hard against that.

Lincoln basically pulled in all the people who had been running against him into his Cabinet because, whatever personal feelings there were, the issue was 'How can we get this country through this time of crisis?' 

I do think that it is impossible for us to think only in terms of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and not think in terms of what's happening with Syria or Iran or Lebanon or Afghanistan and Pakistan. These things are interrelated. And if we are looking at the region as a whole and communicating a message to the Arab world and the Muslim world, that we are ready to initiate a new partnership based on mutual respect and mutual interest, then I think that we can make significant progress.

Under my plan of a cap-and-trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

I am sorry that they are finding themselves in this situation based on assurances they got from me.

I will listen to you, especially when we disagree.