I can't predict the future.

You can't win if you're chasing the wrong problem.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

Democracy is a process.

I think one has to say it's not just simply a matter of capturing people and holding them accountable, but removing the sanctuaries, removing the support systems, ending states who sponsor terrorism. And that's why it has to be a broad and sustained campaign.

We don't start a job that we can't finish... that's the American way.

The most striking thing is that even before Osama bin Laden was killed, he seemed largely irrelevant to the Arab Spring.

China, in the future, is going to have even more nuclear capability than it has had in the past. I don’t believe that they have anything to fear from the United States, and I frankly don’t believe they do fear the United States.

I think it’s a mistake to rely too much on any one economic factor. It’s why investors try to spread their portfolio round.

I’m constantly asking for alternative views on most things that come to me.