When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.

There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.

We've got to remain energy-independent. It gives us much more power and freedom than to be worried about what goes on in the Middle East. We have enough worries over there without having to worry about that.

I feel like there's the 'Hillary standard' and then there's the standard for everybody else.

Fail to plan, plan to fail.

I know how to really work to get new jobs and to get exports that helped to create more new jobs.

Keeping your head down and doing the best job you can in the beginning gives you the opportunity to be evaluated on the basis of the contributions you are making. [Then], when you feel strongly about your work or about a position, you'll be given more attention [than] if you hadn't done that constantly.