A good debater can be a good communicator. You have to communicate when you're president of the United States, and communicate effectively with the American people, and with the world.
Americans have always excelled through hard work, innovation, and an ability to find solutions that makes us unique among nations.
Information technology has brought people much closer together than ever before, providing a democratizing and mostly stabilizing influence.
We need to remember that trade is a great peacemaker that enriches people and increases international understanding and ties between nations.
Hundreds of millions of people around the world have been lifted out of poverty with the creation of robust middle classes in India and China, which is an enormously positive development for those countries that also creates opportunities for the rest of the world.
On the security front, the United States must continue to play a leadership role. There simply is not another country in the world that commands the respect or has the capabilities that we do, and we must not shrink from our responsibilities.
The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.
The world is beset by challenges including the ongoing danger of international terrorism, and the significant political and economic threats posed by factors such as the high levels of corporate and sovereign debt and persistent unemployment.
While it is important to be aware of and sensitive to cultural differences when conducting business internationally, the principles of transparency, trust, and partnership are universal.
Investments - particularly those that involve the change of control of a company - only work when they work well for all parties involved.
Developing relationships is a very important part of doing business, and I see more similarities than differences when I travel the world.
Pakistan always seems to have a lot of political complexities and political challenges. But Pakistan is important for a number of reasons. Primarily, it is a nuclear power. And if, in fact, al Qaeda and Taliban, which are in Pakistan and causing a lot of tragedies and deaths in Pakistan - if they would ever somehow have real influence and control of that government, then we [world] really have a problem.
Iraq at one time was actually a functioning government. It's a real state. Afghanistan is not Iraq. It's tribal. It's got a different - a number of different sects, never really had a solid government there running the country on any kind of a continuing basis. Well, to rebuild the nation of Afghanistan is going to be more difficult than rebuilding the nation of Iraq.
The two-party system has served America very well. We always have political movements one way or another but the evolution of a lasting third party probably will not happen.
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