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

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

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

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.

Inequality of any kind, once considered a normal, natural part of human existence, came to be seen in the course of the twentieth century as increasingly illegitimate.

The world needs a strong America.