What Obama is saying is simple: The United States has become Too Big To Fail.
It's probably worth noting that although I'm ethnically Greek, my grandfather was actually born in Turkey and came through Greece on his way to the United States.
The diplomatic representatives of the United States of America to other nations are almost entirely Jews.
But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not.
I'm not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America.
The bottom line is this. When it comes to preventing violent extremism and terrorism in the United States, Muslim Americans are not part of the problem, you're part of the solution.
It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO.
By ending the Hussein regime, the United States has taken away yet another incubator of terrorism.
Of course, in the United States, which at the time was a very young country, there were also class distinctions. They weren't as pronounced, but they quickly evolved as well.
The United States has to have the capability to deal with more than one enemy at one time and be able to confront them and win.
When I came for the first time to the United States, visiting, I was absolutely fascinated by New York.
I think the time has come for the United States to do even-handed justice.
Well, I mean, the real attack on truth is tabloid journalism in the United States.
The United States can pay any debt it has because we can always print money to do that. So there is zero probability of default.
The United States spends more money on African aid than any nation on earth.
The nature of our two main political parties has changed in the United States.
The United States has the burden to lead for peace. And not just peace - we need peace with justice, a much harder goal.
As a conservative power, the United States has a vital interest in upholding and expanding the reign of law in international relations.
A lot of the work in United States is highly critical of technology. I'm using 15,000 watts of power and 18 different pieces of electronic equipment to say that.
The relationship between Israel and the United States is a bond of - it's just a very powerful bond. It was, it is, and will be and will continue to be.
The idea of being a novelist is really romantic, but it's kind of the same as being president of the United States - it's not gonna happen.