Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.

The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government.

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

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

The government can give citizens opportunity and it's their responsibility to take advantage of it.

Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.

The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries.