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.

We have our differences with Russia. And some of those differences produce conflict. But by no means is this the Soviet Union. We have far more areas of cooperation with Russia than we have areas of conflict.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

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.

The sooner you learn that life is not fair, the better off you'll be, because you'll spend less time railing against life's unfairness and feeling aggrieved and entitled, and more time figuring out how to maximize your assets, and your talents and how to deal with things that you're not very good at.

There are some places that have had real quarrels with the United States' policies, but I think the country is very well-respected worldwide.

I love to watch football.I actually really love to watch almost any competition with a score at the end.