People change their habits. I know Americans who don't go to Paris because they think it is too dangerous.

I don't know of a single instance of these Arab freedom fighters holding up pictures of bin Laden. I know many instances of them displaying American flags in Benghazi or painting 'Facebook' on their foreheads in Cairo. The idea of freedom . . . is absolutely contradictory to what bin Laden stood for, which was . . . taking Muslims back to some medieval theocracy and encouraging people to die not for freedom but to go to paradise and to kill innocent people along the way. The contrast is really striking.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

I mean, we're going to probably debate the Iraq war for at least as long as I'm alive.

You cant win if youre chasing the wrong problem.

The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

I've met quite a few dictators up close and personal in my life.