I'm a person with a lot of affection for adventure - I scuba dive, skydive, fly helicopters.

I think the U.S. should assert its leadership in a more effective way.

I believe in a real democratic system, with a state of law and freedom of the press. I believe in a free, open-market economy integrated with the world. And I believe in equality of opportunity. Those are my basic beliefs. On top of that, of course, I believe in some moral values.

I grew up middle class. My father was a public functionary who didn't leave an inheritance, just debts.

If you get the government off our back, there's no economy in the world that can create more jobs in the long-term for everybody.

You can hardly judge women's effect on politics merely from the action of individual women officeholders.

The Government of Iraq also owes a debt to the American and coalition forces who are fighting the insurgency and helping put that country back together after decades of repression.

One of my chief criticisms of U.S. international policy is that Congress has largely abdicated its foreign policy-making responsibilities to the executive branch.