I think the only way we retain credibility with the Arab world is to say, 'When push came to shove, despite the mistakes we made in the past, we are with you in democracy.'

Rhetoric is cheap, evidence comes more dearly.

I think Democrats often hold the unconstrained vision, and Republicans focus more on the Rule of Law.

One thing members of Congress need to realize is how much their reliance on staffers is hurting the institution and helping make it unaccountable.

As government grows, its increased power to grant favors or inflict pain attracts more people who would abuse the system.

Given that Mr. Kerry is clearly exaggerating what happened to minority voters in the 2000 election in Florida, maybe we should wait for him to provide evidence of what he is alleging in 2004.

The Civil War was about a lot of things, but the core of it was slavery. That was the original sin.

I believe careers should be judged independently unless there's a clear conflict of interest in a specific case.

The RNC was run so badly you could walk through their deepest competence and not get your ankles wet.

Remember, the Islamist view of democracy is: one man, one vote, one election, and that's it.

It doesn't matter that you didn't believe in us, " said Mr. Ibis. "We believed in you.

Life is nothing but an empty space filled with memories from beginning to end.

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

Fashion must be the most intoxicating release from the banality of the world.

Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.

For me, poetry is a form of activism. And that word enables the labelers, and also gives them a rash.

The deeds of men, as footprints in the desert. Nothing under the circling moons is fated to last. Even the sun goes down.

I would argue that coffee has been far more important to literature than alcohol.

It means the world to me to represent the Hispanic community.

When I am writing novels I don't read a lot of novels so I try to catch up in-between.