“We turned our back on Israel, our ally. You know, and a situation like that, of course [Barack]Obama’s not going to be able to do anything. I would shore up our military first, because if you don’t get the military right, nothing else is going to work.”

You have to take a long-term look at something that fundamentally changes the power structure of America.

I detest politics, to be honest with you. It’s a cesspool. And I don’t think I would fare well in that cesspool because I don’t believe in political correctness and I certainly don’t believe in dishonesty.

There is a tendency of people to try to make you believe only a few people are smart. As a brain surgeon, I know better than that.

Through hard work, perseverance and a faith in God, you can live your dreams.

You can read the Constitution all you want, it never says that it is the government’s job and I think where we’ve gotten confused.

The culture in which we live stresses looking out for number one. Without adopting such a self-centered value system, we can demand the best of ourselves while we are extending our hands to help others.

You know, I’m a physician. I like to diagnose things. And, you know, I’ve diagnosed some pretty, pretty significant issues that I think a lot of people resonate with.

Do your best and let God do the rest.

Even if you’re Bill Gates, you’ve got problems. I’m sure he would probably easily give a few billion dollars to get rid of all the problems that he has.

God cares about every area of our lives, and God wants us to ask for help.

The doors of the world are opened to people who can read.

I got involved with classical music when I was in high school and it’s followed me throughout my entire life and probably had a profound effect on my life.

The key is to cut out the middleman and empower both doctor and patient with information about what things cost.

Kids have what I call a built-in hypocrisy antenna that comes up and blocks out what you’re saying when you’re being a hypocrite.

You pray for yourself and just ask God to give you strength.

Bullies do whatever they can get away with and keep pushing boundaries until they meet resistance.

The whole Chinese system – not just the political leadership, the military too, the whole power structure, our education system, the whole of society – is suffering from being cut off from the free flow of information.

The Kurds’ achievement was outstanding, both militarily and diplomatically.

“We will coordinate efforts of the PLO with responsible authorities in Jordan in all fields – politically, militarily and materially.

It is an exaggeration to call the Hamas and Islamic Jihad announcement a military alliance. It is rather a message that our people are united in the face of Israeli aggression.

In two years, there were 22 military coups d’etat, essentially in Africa and the third world. The coup d’etat of Algiers, in 1965, is what opened the path.

The idea of a permanent U.S. military presence in Afghanistan, as opposed to an economic presence, is going to create a new wave of hostility toward the United States.

Now, we need a joint military leadership so that the Kurds and the army can retake Mosul.

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d’etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.