I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

You don't run for the presidency out of nostalgia.

I've come to realize that protecting freedom of choice in our everyday lives is essential to maintaining a healthy civil society.

I suppose politicians have always wanted to get re-elected, but there's a kind of a feeling now that if you just discredit your opposition, it makes it easier for you to win. I don't think that's necessarily true.

My dad was a Methodist minister.

I have a very deep concern about President Obama putting in another 21,000 troops into Afghanistan with the promise of more to come.

The earth has enough knowledge and resources to eradicate this ancient scourge. Hunger has plagued the world for thousands of years. But ending it is a greater moral imperative now than ever before, because for the first time humanity has the instruments at hand to defeat this cruel enemy at a very reasonable cost. We have the ability to provide food for all within the next three decades.