“An America that inspires hope in its ideals must complement an America that inspires awe in its strength.”

It’s a huge gap in security, it’s a huge problem we’ve had with our immigration system for many years.

We are not yet the beautiful symphony of brotherhood of Dr. King’s dream.

A tremendous number of people come to the country legally, but overstay their visas.

All of the dirty tricks, basically, the Russians employ to tear down liberal democracy, we need to work together on a bipartisan basis, and we need the president Trump help.

They’re essentially engaging in a scorched-earth litigation strategy that is beginning with trying to discredit the prosecutor.

If someone is brought in for an interview, for example, and is asked about their views on things, but has posted things that are completely contrary to the interview

The new century has brought on its own terrible dangers, which although not reaching the apocalyptic potential of the Cold War, still have the capacity to shake our world.

America has a critical role to play as the most powerful member of the world community.

We need Democrats and Republicans in Congress to work together to fashion a very comprehensive pushback to Russia, not just the cyber-hacking, but their bribery of officials in Europe, their social media campaign, their overt media campaign.

And here he is recommending the firing of the top cop doing the Russia investigation, in clear violation of what he had, the attorney general, had committed to doing.

The intelligence community is very professional, they do their jobs well, they’re the best intelligence gatherers in the world.

Then the small amount of forces that we would have left there might have slowed this day, but they wouldn’t have prevented it altogether.

Frankly I have much more faith in what they posted than what they say during the course of an interview.

Notwithstanding these setbacks, the dream of a beautiful American orchestra goes on, and I share Dr. King’s faith that each year we move inexorably closer to a magnificent opening night.

That bomb that took down that Russian airliner may have been the size of a soda can. And that bomb killed more people than all the Paris attackers combined. So this is still a grave threat.

We already know that there are those close to James Comey who have a very different take, if there are tapes, of course, that would be the best evidence of what took place.

The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity.

Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.

Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?

Patriotism, in the trenches, was too remote a sentiment, and at once rejected as fit only for civilians, or prisoners. A new arrival who talked patriotism would soon be told to cut it out.

People will say I’m an idealist. I hope so.

More faults are often committed while we are trying to oblige than while we are giving offense.

Relationships change us and make us grow.

You flowed into me so delicately, like a beautiful twist of fate. I inspired you as you moved me in an alluring turn of phrase.