America was not founded to improve health care or housing; it was founded for freedom.

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

I only need to survive on tea, bread and fruits.

My biggest dream from the beginning - besides Evanescence - is scoring film and writing music for film.

My mom is such a big supporter of mine. She still is, and always was. So I got the sort of encouragement from that side of the family.

The big yellow one is the sun!

One saintly priest attracts more souls to Christ...than do those who lack the imprint of their sacred office

America in particular imposes an horrendous burden on the world. We have this wonderful standard of living but it comes at enormous cost.

When I started doing my work years ago, I had doubts as to whether the informed consent question was answerable.

I consider myself the luckiest man in the world. I have spent a lifetime doing what I love.

Every forest branch moves differently in the breeze, but as they sway they connect at the roots.

I was a kid, and I wasn't even sure if I wanted to play the drums, you know? All I wanted to do was skateboard, but I was still learning and taking it in, so it was good.