The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.

Defeating human trafficking is a great moral calling of our time...

[I'm] very fortunate and blessed person who still has a lot of living to do.

I feel that we're dividing along class lines for the first time in our history. Now one thing that has happened in this reaction to globalization is that the elites are not respectful of the values of those who are ordinary citizens, so we seem to be dividing ourselves into ever-smaller identity groups, each with its own narrative, each with its own grievance, and that's a problem.

I play a lot chamber music.As for something that's hard for me to play, before I leave this Earth I'm hoping to play Brahms' Second Piano Concerto.

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

NATO is built on security, but it's also built on values.