There's nothing more deep than recognizing Israel's right to exist. That's the most deep thought of all. ... I can't think of anything more deep than that right.

I'm comfortable with how I lived my life as the president.

I couldn't imagine somebody like Osama bin Laden understanding the joy of Chanukah.

I think all presidents should take the long view of history.

I believe that people want to be free. And that we face an enemy that murders innocent people to try to shake our psychology to get us to leave.

The freedom movement is built around the principle of democracy and universality of freedom.

From a philosophical perspective, I want to fight off isolationism and protectionism, be it part of another voice out there that says, wait a minute, what matters to women in Afghanistan matters to America. An isolationist point of view says it doesn't matter. The articulation of "all life matters" helps frame the case that it does matter what happens to a woman in Afghanistan.