Real improvement in our schools is not simply a matter of spending more, it is a matter of expecting more.

Education is not complete unless we teach our children not only how to read and write but the difference between right and wrong.

I think the 24-hour news cycle has helped exaggerate the differences between the parties. You can always find someone on TV somewhere carping about something. That didn't happen 20 years ago.

Somebody said, "Well, you're going to write your definitive book about your life, biography." No, I'm not. I haven't done that. I wrote a book of letters which gives an insight into the real me as opposed to the public perceptions of me. But I'm convinced historians will figure out the things we got wrong and hopefully the things we got right.

My vision of a 'new world order' foresees a United Nations with a revitalized peacekeeping function.

I will never apologize for the United States of America - I don't care what the facts are. Said after 'Vincennes' shot down an Iranian Airliner.

It's much worse to read criticism about your son than yourself.