The United States has no credible evidence that Iraq moved weapons of mass destruction into Syria early last year before the U.S.-led war that drove Saddam Hussein from power.

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

My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.

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

But the truth of the matter is, we're an open society, we want to remain an open society, and there will continue to be vulnerability. That's why we have to meet the threats when they are not yet taking place on our territory and on our soil.

It has been hard to muster the resources to support fledgling democracies and to intervene on behalf of the most desperate. The AIDS orphans in Uganda, the refugee fleeing Zimbabwe, the young woman who has been trafficked into the sex trade in Southeast Asia. It has been hard, yet this assistance together with the compassionate work of private charities, people of conscience and people of faith, has shown the soul of our country.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be