"I have a 2-year-old son, and I know I'm dealing with a big, grand word when I can't point to the thing when I define it. Right? If he wants to know what a chair is, I can point to the chair. If he wants to know what religion is, I can't point to anything in particular. The same is true of the state."

"In an ideological age, diplomacy may seem weak and prosaic. But sometimes it is all we have."

"A constitutional tradition that works is one that is in a constant state of dynamic evolution. You have a written constitution that says 'x,' but no constitutional system works if it just follows what's in that written constitution and never changes. Interpretation gives it the freedom to change."

"The world is full of nations that are part of the community of nations that don't respect rights."

"Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth."

"George W. Bush will have to come to the UN and admit that he was wrong."

"No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right."

"If you believe that the killing of innocent people is right, then you are not part of my future."