For 60 years, my country, the United States, pursued stability at the expense of democracy in this region, here in the Middle East, and we achieved neither.

For the United States, supporting international development is more than just an expression of our compassion. It is a vital investment in the free, prosperous, and peaceful international order that fundamentally serves our national interest.

[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.

Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart.

I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.

We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.

Any time you have a situation in which you are calling for more time rather than calling for Iraq to immediately comply, it plays into the hands of Saddam Hussein.