I have always gone through public life and saying that with respect to political candidates, I always measure each candidate against what I think the country needs at that time, and I will vote for the person I think who is most qualified to serve the nation at that time.

Is there something wrong with being a Muslim in this country? The answer is "no." That's not America.

Always show more kindness than seems necessary, because the person receiving it needs it more than you will ever know.

Every organization should tolerate rebels who tell the emperor he has no clothes

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

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.

We need stable regimes in this part of the world [the Mideast] who will be partners and friends of ours, because the fact of the matter is we do rely on imported oil to fuel our economy and to fuel our nation.