The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

I've been to many countries and watched a number of conflicts or their residue, and I've served in the military.

Vladimir Putin hates America, he wants to hurt us. Suddenly Vladimir Putin is a good guy, Russia is okay, no it's not. Russia is evil, Russia is our enemy.

The great paradox of the 21st century is that, in this age of powerful technology, the biggest problems we face internationally are problems of the human soul.

When I'm writing about reality, I'm writing about death. When I'm writing fiction, I'm writing about life.

We have moved from an age in which government leaders sought to do what was best for the people to one in which the political leadership is convinced it knows what is best for the people, whether they like it or not.

We [Americans] choose not to understand the world on terms other than our own.