India is a regional power. It does not need anything to establish it.

For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If the terrorists ever got a hold of this information, they'd get a platoon of lesbians to chase us out of Baghdad.

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.

Patriots don't let their nation default.

There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands saying that they're going to be trimming down and streamlining their businesses. There's a message there.

It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. Its not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as well. I think the people have gotten dumber.

Sometimes in order to make progress and move ahead, you have to stand up and do the wrong thing.