The first lesson I've learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms - I mean, what works for you doesn't necessarily work for your friend.

We cannot just say law and order. We have to say - we have to come forward with a plan that is going to divert people from the criminal justice system, deal with mandatory minimum sentences, which have put too many people away for too long for doing too little.

First, we parents have to back up school authority and quit making excuses for our kids when they misbehave.

The Russians need to understand. I think they've been treating it as almost a probing, how far would we go, how much would we do.

The United States has, unfortunately, been victimized by terrorism going back decades.

I have said the invasion of Iraq was a mistake. But I think if we're ever going to really tackle the problems posed by jihadi extreme terrorism, we need to understand it and realize that it has antecedents to what happened in Iraq and we have to continue to be vigilant about it.

I will always stand up and fight for you and fight for your jobs and fight for your families.