You're 18 points down [in the polls]... You might as well do what's right.

University politics make me long for the simplicity of the Middle East.

The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.

The members of the Islamic Staye have cut the throat of an American on television. This is an insult to the United States, which requires that we demonstrate that this is not an act that is free. I would strongly favor a strong attack on ISIS for a period that is related to the murder of the American.

Our greatest foreign policy problem is our divisions at home. Our greatest foreign policy need is national cohesion and a return to the awareness that in foreign policy we are all engaged in a common national endeavor.

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

A country that demands moral perfection in its foreign policy will achieve neither perfection nor security.