The United States is the best and fairest and most decent nation on the face of the earth.

We are not here to enjoy the things on earth, but to pass them around. The people who do it are the happiest people you know!

I don't worry about superpower confrontation. You know, I lived through the Cold War days, and where everybody was worried about a Soviet Union armed to the teeth. I think we're going to get along fine with Russia, and I don't see them as internationally ambitious.

Fluency in English is something that I'm often not accused of.

I can tell you this: If I'm ever in a position to call the shots, I'm not going to rush to send somebody else's kids into a war.

Every loss of life is terrible.

The American Dream means giving it your all, trying your hardest, accomplishing something. And then I'd add to that, giving something back. No definition of a successful life can do anything but include serving others.