I don't think anybody could have predicted that they would try to use an airplane as a missile, a hijacked airplane as a missile.

As Americans we like to believe that we're loved in international politics or that people like what we're doing. But we also recognize that we have an extraordinary responsibility to do what we think is right, and that sometimes what we do is not very popular.

Diplomacy, if properly practiced, is not just talking for the sake of talking.

After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.

What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous places in the world - China, India - the United States is not only respected but, in fact, popular.

I'm a committed Republican. I believe very strongly in individual liberty. I tend not to think much in terms of group politics. I really am a kind of small government person and I'm most certainly a fiscal conservative and strong on national defense.

I'm a terrible long-term planner.