People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

The values, the programs, the formula, the determination, and the patriotism responsible for America's past success are still here to be tapped.

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.

The attacks of September 11, 2001, were spectacular, riveting, grim, costly and searing. The shock that they caused reverberated throughout the world. What happened in New York and Washington and Pennsylvania ended the lives of thousands of people and changed the lives of many more. But they did not change the world.

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.