The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)... Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.

Ambition and hatred are enough to bring Iraq and al Qaeda together.

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history.

Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is absent. In such circumstances, poverty is an assault against human dignity, and in that assault lies the natural seed of human anger

I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring in, the people they will bring in, who they might appoint to the Supreme Court, and look at the whole range of issues before making a decision.

Get mad, then get over it.

Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard.