Nations, great nations have limitations. All nations have limitations. Even great powers have limitations.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

Politics or ideology must not get in the way of sound planning.

No one person leads alone - can't do it, it's impossible. It doesn't make any sense. You need a team.

We can't ... take that piece of reality in this business and set that aside and say, well, that doesn't count. And the Republicans on my side understand that the majority is in fact up for grabs next year. So there's not a decision made up here that doesn't have that factor coursing through that current.