Failure at some point in your life is inevitable, but giving up is unforgivable.

I had a great deal of trouble focusing. My two - I had three children, and the two that survived - boys - were very badly injured. I did my job. I didn't miss the votes. I showed up. But I just could hardly wait to get home.

A lucky person gets up in the morning, puts both feet on the floor, knows what they're about to do and thinks it still matters.

When I said clean, I meant he [Barack Obama] was bright. Like when [Donald] Trump said about Carly [Fiorina], "face" he meant "persona."

Arafat's departure has created an awesome opportunity.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor brought critical qualities to the high court that not everybody thinks are qualities - I happen to think they are - her pragmatism and her state craft.

Think about the decade after Iraq, not just the day after.