I do detest everything which is not perfectly mutual.
This is not a battle between the United States of America and terrorism, but between the free and democratic world and terrorism.
I want my son to grow up in a place where the people are more powerful than the government and not the other way around.
My teachers used to call me a failure
I think what happened with 911 is that people sort of felt that it came from nowhere. Whereas I think now we understand the roots are very deep. I say it's like revolutionary Communism, something that is going to have to be knocked out over a very long period of time. This strain of extremism continues to be very strong, whether it's in Afghanistan, or Somalia or Yemen, or any of these places.
I don't think there Is a way politically to beat "Insurgent Movement Of Populism".
The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes.
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence: nor is the law less stable than the fact.
One of the really positive things about minority government is that there is the necessity to broker policy positions. What happens is you get a hybrid of what a single party might do. And I don't think that is a bad thing.
The resistance to the unpleasant situation is the root of suffering.
For example, the wind has its reasons. We just don't notice as we go about our lives. But then, at some point, we are made to notice. The wind envelops you with a certain purpose in mind, and it rocks you. The wind knows everything that's inside you. And not just the wind. Everything, including a stone. They all know us very well. From top to bottom. It only occurs to us at certain times. And all we can do is go with those things. As we take them in, we survive, and deepen.