We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad.

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.

There is nothing better than being in a classroom with really, really brilliant students, and opening up new worlds to them. That's what I love doing.

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

Human beings are not perfect. Their institutions are not perfect, but they have to keep trying. And America has to help people keep trying.

Multiethnic character of America is very attractive to people. They also see a place where you get ahead, not because of where you came from, but because of where you want to go.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.