You shouldn't have a profit motivation to fill prison cells with young Americans.

I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.

It is because the human experience is universal that human rights are universal.

I don't think that the United States has the bulk of the responsibility. I really put that on Bashar Assad and on the Iraqis and on the region itself.

George W. Bush made the agreement about when American troops would leave Iraq, not Barack Obama.

I had often joked in my speeches that I had imaginary conversations with Mrs. Roosevelt to solicit her advice on a range of subjects. It's actually a useful mental exercise to help analyze problems, provided you choose the right person to visualize. Eleanor Roosevelt was ideal.

I think that I have been clear that demonizing and demagoguing about Muslims is not only offensive it is dangerous and it plays into ISIS's hands.