Iraq today does have a chance to shape its own future. They may not do that, or this generation may not do that. But maybe the next one will, I don't know. They may try and fail, and stumble, get up and fall back.

When people get frustrated, it's when they feel they are living in a context that deprives them of dignity, deprives them of justice and deprives them of the freedom to realize their full potential, and that to me is what the Arab awakening was all about. I think it applied to every country, and so I have been an unmitigated supporter of it.

What about the rest of life? Respect for the sanctity of life, if you believe that it begins at conception, cannot end at birth.

You win the presidency by connecting with the American people's gut insecurities and aspirations. You win with a concept.

In the future, how we educate our children may prove to be more important than how much we educate them.

In the hyperconnected world, there is only “good” “better” and “best.

To me the smart thing that governments in the Middle East would be doing right now is taking their oil and gas fountain - and the smartest ones are to some degree - and making sure they're investing in their people to unlock their potential - men and women.