For diplomacy to be effective, words must be credible - and no one can now doubt the word of America.

They said, "You know, this issue doesn't seem to resignate with the people." And I said, you know something? Whether it resignates or not doesn't matter to me, because I stand for doing what's the right thing, and what the right thing is hearing the voices of people who work.

All I can tell you is that I know the enemy, allies, and troops hear what I say.

There will be no going back to the era before September the 11th, 2001 - to false comfort in a dangerous world.

The solid truth of the matter is, when you find - if you want to help heal the hurt, if you want to hurt people and - help people in pain, the best way to do so is to call upon the great strength of the country, which is the compassion of our fellow Americans.

What I am against is quotas. I am against hard quotas, quotas they basically delineate based upon whatever. However they delineate, quotas, I think vulcanize society. So I don't know how that fits into what everybody else is saying, their relative positions, but that's my position.

Eight years was awesome and I was famous and I was powerful.