America is addicted to oil and increasing amounts of this oil comes from abroad. Some of the nations we depend on for oil have unstable governments or are hostile towards the United States.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

For me, I learned from my father that when it's over, it's over.

A lot of people in the USA probably don't understand how important they are to the mortgage markets. And it's really important for people to have confidence in the mortgage markets and that there be stability in the mortgage markets.

I can only give my life in a way that makes me comfortable.

The wisest use of American strength is to advance freedom.

We have to find the origin of the problem. The origin of the problem in many African countries is that you've got state bureaucracies which are too bloated.