I think a lot it was the theology, that the road to Jerusalem runs through Baghdad, that somehow if we broke apart the rejectionist states, like Iraq, then the whole Middle East would reconfigure itself into a more favorable environment for democracy and Israel and us.

I think the Clintons are going to make their decision based on the merits. And their focus, like mine, is on middle class jobs. We`re in a different world than 1994. The China we dealt with in 1994 is a lot different than the China today in 2015.

John Paul II spoke to the commoner and to the king, to the tyrant and to the democrat in that same language of freedom.

You can't be loved for long if you're not feared.

The big lie is that the people who make a lot of money were the only ones that worked hard.

I think we all [americans] think we're a special country. But the question is, what - what call does that give us?

Public opinion aside, it will be up to the future pope to continue John Paul II's journey to sainthood. Many of the late pope's followers believe he is already there.