I'm not a big guy that believes that you gain energy from demonizing other people. I think you gain energy from giving people hope.

We're now going to develop the standards on transparency, data collection for police, but the whole goal is to fully integrate the police into the community because everybody has the same goals.

I am told that the Saudis have organized 34 countries who want to join in the battle against terrorism.

Everybody has a right to their God-given purpose.

People intuitively know that trade is good for our country. We just have to get the right trade agreements.

Look, we have a very lousy system for retraining workers that get disrupted. And, you know, I just don't see anybody that's particularly interested in fixing that. They think it's fixed, but it's not fixed. So, we need a dramatic improvement in the way we train people who get displaced.

A great power has to have the discipline not only to go when necessary but to know when not to go. Getting involved in ethnic, religious civil wars is a recipe for disaster.