The United States is not looking for a way to launch war.

One of the fondest expressions around is that we can't be the world's policeman. But guess who gets called when suddenly someone needs a cop.

Maybe we don't put our young people in situations often enough where they're allowed to fail. When you fail you gain experience, and with enough experience, you don't fail as often.

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support.

When you help the poorest in the world, you start to move them up an economic and social ladder, and they're not going to be moving toward violence or terrorism of the kind that we worry about.

An organization that is not facing up to people who are not getting the job done, is going to have difficulties.

I would sit and talk to any president who wishes to talk to me, but I'm not anxious to rule it in.