"But thanks to the efforts, the initiative of the United States and of the several countries from the world, from Europe, including Turkey, it ended within a few weeks."

"But if we leave them alone, just satisfying ourselves with social work, economic work and the building up of a national army, it can make progress, hopefully within a short time."

"The armies, the difference of all of those armies that had been fighting each other and the Taliban took advantage of that to rule over the whole country."

"Although we dealt decisively with all terrorist organizations, we at the same time not only maintained, preserved our democracy, but kept improving it."

"Society has arisen out of the works of peace the essence of society is peacemaking."

"In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations."

"A law is not a law without coercion behind it."

"Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the whole country."