“Comey really spent an enormous amount of energy in the period in which both he and Trump were in office trying to protect the FBI from political interference from the White House.”

There is nothing normal about removing the FBI director, as a general matter. It’s an extraordinary measure. This is an office that is typically served for a term of years, 10 years, to be precise.

As a general matter, if the president wants to withdraw from a treaty, he simply gets to do that. And that’s part of the powers of the office.

Asking journalists to denounce leaks because of their deleterious effects on the functioning of government is as hopeless as asking an airline to denounce jet fuel because of its impact on the environment.

Recommended additon to the Consumer Privacy Bill of Rights: “A right to not have your data rise up and attack you.”

When somebody promises to do something, you have to think about whether that’s something that you would be willing to see happen because the powers are simply too vast.

You know, you don’t get to survive that long without making some compromises.

We are a muslim country. We don’t know something called colonialism and political parties.

On the other hand, to eradicate illiteracy requires that we elect a fair and efficient political regime.

Its unlikely hero, Garrett Reilly, reminded me of a young Jack Reacher as a tech-sa What I said: “Political thriller? International thriller? Financial thriller? Whatever you call it,

If you want to avoid heated arguments, never discuss religion, politics, or whether the toilet paper roll should go over or under.

Saudi Arabia has stability. The social contract and the political contract between the king and the rulers and the royal family and the ruled people in Saudi Arabia is very strong and the bondage is so solid.

We had the same mentality – politically, and in a lot of other different ways.

My parents were really political. The news was very important in our home.

Comedy to the Senate? Well, there certainly hasn’t been a satirist or a political satirist who’s done that. So, that really was uncharted territory during the campaign.