Obama seems to want to do something to damage rich people.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.

Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.

Terrorism is not a matter that can be left to law enforcement, with its deliberative process, built-in delays, and safeguards that may let the prisoner go free on procedural grounds.

Ideas matter a lot, the underlying ideas that stand behind policies. When you don't have ideas, your policies are flip-flopping all over the place. When you do have ideas, you have more consistency. And when you have the right ideas - then you can get somewhere (reagan had the right ideas).

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.