"Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem."

"The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions."

"You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria."

"The statesman's duty is to bridge the gap between his nation's experience and his vision."

"I consider it part of my responsibility as President of the United States to fight against negative stereotypes of Islam wherever they appear."

"Half the states have stopped making civics and government a requirement for high school. Half."

"After-school tutoring programs, care for the elderly, shelters for the homeless, disaster relief work, and a variety of other services would all benefit from government funding."

"On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction."