There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

There's nobody who's had a resume like [Hillary Clinton] that's run for president.