After the Berlin Wall came down I visited that city and I will never forget it. The abandoned checkpoints. The sense of excitement about the future. The knowledge that a great continent was coming together. Healing those wounds of our history is the central story of the European Union.

You don't have to be a brilliant historian to know that in Europe, messing with countries' borders, messing with their self-determination, their ability to choose their own futures, this is extremely dangerous, and that's why I think it is important to stand up to Putin.

Yes, America must do the right thing, but to provide moral leadership, America must do it in the right way, too.

I've said I'll stand for a full second term, but I think after that it will be time for new leadership. Terms are like Shredded Wheat - two are wonderful but three might just be too many.

Leadership to me means duty, honor, country. It means character, and it means listening from time to time.

A traveler is really not someone who crosses ground so much as someone who is always hungry for the next challenge and adventure.

We were elected to serve our districts, and that demands putting bygones aside. That's what leadership's all about.

Modeling, for me, was not fulfilling. I didn't see the point - although I was able to travel a great deal. I lived in Italy, Germany, and Spain, but I wasn't devoted to it.