I asked Secretary [Robert] Gates, what did they get in return for giving up the nuclear shield of Poland and the Czech Republic? And you know what his answer was? Nada. They got nothing.

A leader must not let critics set the agenda.

In 2012 President Obama didn't go anywhere near African-American communities. Why? Because unemployment was so high there, he didn't want to address it.

You have to be willing - you have strong ideas, you have strong views, but you have to be willing also to look at experience.

All leaders are influenced by those they admire. Reading about them and studying their traits inevitably allows an inspiring leader to develop his own leadership traits.

Quit Iraq Study Group to avoid politicizing it.

America is the greatest nation in the history of the world. There's nothing like America.