"The political system is broken, the economy is broken and so is society. That is why people are so depressed about the state of our country."

"What Churchill described as the twin marauders of war and tyranny have been almost entirely banished from our continent. Today, hundreds of millions dwell in freedom, from the Baltic to the Adriatic, from the Western Approaches to the Aegean."

"Britain is characterized not just by its independence but, above all, by its openness."

"Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too."

"Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government, I have considered the first arrangement of the judicial department as essential to the happiness of our country and to the stability of its’ political system—hence the selection of the fittest characters to expound the laws, and dispense justice, has been an invariable object of my anxious concern."

"I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman."

"Peace is the one condition of survival in this nuclear age."

"I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over."