We have to defeat ISIS. That is my highest counterterrorism goal.

I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.

A lot of the people in history who I really admire lived before the hyperinformation age we're living in. Even if they were governing or solving problems in consequential periods, like the Civil War or the world wars or the Great Depression or the Cold War, they had a period of time and space to actually think, to be private and you read their biographies, and they had time to think about what was happening and how to respond. I don't think human nature has changed in the last 50-150 years, but the stresses, the demands on those of us in public life have just exploded.

We have to save as many lives as we possibly can.

We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.