I consider myself to be a true friend of the Israeli people. But I define friendship as someone who takes care of a friend, who just doesn't use or exploit a friend. And, you know, there's that old adage: 'Friends don't let friends drive drunk'.

Sanctions aren't about weapons of mass destruction. People need to understand that.

When I resigned, I put the U.S. Government on notice that I'm going to stick to policy issues, that I have no intention of going out and blowing the cover off of the intelligence operations, that those are truly sensitive and they should not be exposed.

If you call yourself an American that means that you have embraced the constitution, because that is what an American is. A citizen of the United States of America is someone who has sworn an oath of allegiance to that document, to the words, to the ideals of that document. Right now we have citizens who don't even understand what that document is.

I love my country more than anything. I spent 12 years in the United States Marine Corps. I know what it means to defend this country.

I'd like to think that the best bunker buster is a diplomat.

If you want to play the game of truth, I'll tell the truth, and the truth will burn.