Pessimism is rife in Israel.

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.

Have faith in your own instinct and your own truth.

How you act on the worst time is make you the wise man of best time.

Time is your acquaintance. Life is your friend. Death is your opponent. Eternity is your companion.

A wealthy mindset minimizes expenses in self-entertainment and maximizes investments in self-education.

We betray our modern arrogance and forget the place of mystery in God's dealing with us.

Everyone is the fabric and structure of existence.

I'm definitely someone who likes to fly by the seat of her pants. My mum always prays for the best.

I was born at a bad time for Spain, but a really good one for cinema.

We tolerate without rebuke the vices with which we have grown familiar.

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.