We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.

It isn’t enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflecting this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?'

We are rather candid with them about the nature of their political processes and the state of development of their institutions, but they are looking to the West because they know that's where success lies.

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.

I respect the fact that many denominations have different points of view with respect to gay marriage and they can hold that in the sanctity in the place of their religion and not bless them or solemnize them.

Preferring members of any one group for no reason other than race or ethnic origin is discrimination for its own sake. This the Constitution forbids.

We got rid of a terrible dictator. We gave the Iraqi people an opportunity for a new life under a representative form of government.