One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

I was working in the same building as U.S. News & World Report, and I banged on the door and said, "I'm ready to go." And they said, "What's your combat experience?" I said, "Does my parents' divorce count? It was pretty rough." Then they said, "What's your reporting experience?" And I said, "I covered the women's volleyball team in college exceptionally well." The guy was like, "You are so not ready to be a war correspondent."

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.