Parents own the children, and it is an issue of freedom and public health.

I tell people I won't vote to go to war unless I'm ready to go or send my kids.

I think if we ban certain religions, if we censor the Internet, I think that at that point the terrorists will have won.

The one way, possibly, out of this is for [Bashar] Assad to abdicate and plead, perhaps to Russia or somewhere else. Would save another wave of civilian casualties if we could get him to abdicate.

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.

I think it's a real debate how big NATO should be and whether or not it's more provocative than good. Whenever there's a war fought, our soldiers fight it and our dollars pay for it. And, really, our decisions need to be about our national security.

The state doesn’t own your children. Parents own the children.