"During most of the Bush administration, human rights and democracy in Egypt were on the front burner."

"In Iran, there is no freedom of the press, no freedom of speech, no independent judiciary, no free elections. There is no freedom of religion - not even for Shiites, who are forced by Iran's theocracy to adhere to one narrow set of official rules."

"In critical ways, Obama has reversed not just Bush policy but every president's approach to the world since the Second World War, save for that of his soulmate Jimmy Carter."

"After 9/11, we did see Palestinian terrorism in the context of all terrorism."

"Cyber war takes place largely in secret, unknown to the general public on both sides."

"The belief that recipients of government aid are better off the more we spend on them is remarkably persistent. No matter how many times this central tenet of liberalism gets debunked, like Brett Favre, it just keeps coming back."

"Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one."

"I don't look for much to come out of government ownership as long as we have Democrats and Republicans."