What if we cut half of all aid to Pakistan until Dr. Afridi and his family is here in the United States, what would be the reaction of the Pakistani Government?

If I could buy stock in all the garages I would sell the stock in the whole Dow.

Free market capitalism does recognize that at times a bank will fail. But it needs to fail as an independent entity.

Governments need to answer the question, why is it legitimate for them to rule?

Democracy is the only system that can answer that question, and it can allow for peaceful succession and a role for opponents.

This makes as much sense as a baseball league where the umpire is selected and paid by one of the teams.

there is only one significantly inhabited island in dispute in the South and East China Sea called Taiwan

The fact is, much as we like to fight as Democrats and Republicans, the policy has been the same in both administrations.

one way to defend Taiwan would be to spend a few hundred billion dollars on more naval assets; but there is something else that would be just as effective, probably more effective, and that is with a clear law that would immediately…

Their argument is that some other government that they don't recognize once drew a line claiming something.

We firmly believe that it is in the United States' interests to ratify, and we expect all parties to the Convention to fulfill their obligations under it.

It is not about the rocks. It is about the rules.