My whole life has been dedicated to public service.

I don't usually comment on columnists' ideas of what I'm thinking. That's a dangerous game to get into.

I think a quality that a national security adviser must have is the ability to set up procedures.

I think the primary message to the world is that the United States is going to remain the strongest military power in the world.

The United States has to be a leader in the world, because the problem is: If we are not leading, nobody else will.

If you're a terrorist, you're a terrorist.

We have throughout our history been tested when it comes to the institutions of our democracy. And thank God our forefathers were smart enough to establish a government of checks and balances to make sure that power cannot be centralized in any one branch of government. And those institutions have proven themselves.