George H.W. Bush: “It makes a difference if you have a leader that you can pick up the phone and talk to and get advice from.”

the detention facility had become a propaganda tool for our enemies and a distraction for our allies.

We're a blessed nation because we can grow our own food. A nation that can feed its people is a nation more secure.

I consider the media to be indispensable to democracy that we need an independent media to hold people like me to account. I mean, power can be very addictive and it can be corrosive, and it's important for the media to call to account…

the greatest threat facing us is not ISIS but is global warming.