If we do everything right, if we do it with absolute certainty, there's still a 30% chance we're going to get it wrong.

The Iraqis have become invested in their nationhood.

Folks, I can tell you I've known eight presidents, three of them intimately.

When you question a man's motives, when you say they are acting out of greed, they are in the pocket of an interest group, et cetera. It's awful hard to reach consensus. It's awful hard to reach across the table and shake hands. No matter how bitterly you disagree, though, it is always possible if you question judgment and not motive.

I travel a lot on foreign policy, as you know. I'm in Europe a lot. I travelled over a million miles as vice president. They didn't do stimulus. Look where they are. Come on. I mean, this is like, I just get so frustrated. Like come on.

But I was amazed at how organized the Palestinian election authority was, how competent they were in setting up their polling places and the poll workers they had.

If I hear one more Republican tell me about balancing the budget, I am going to strangle them.