The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

If eighty percent of your sales come from twenty percent of all of your items, just carry those twenty percent.

This country cannot afford to tear itself apart on a partisan basis on issues so vital to our national security.

The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life.

I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency.

Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.