That sense of what happened in Europe in World War II has shaped a lot of my views.

I like globalization; I want to say it works, but it is hard to say that when six hundred million people are slipping backwards.

We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States.

Iraq has no history of ethnic conflict.

For the private sector to flourish, special privilege must give way to equal opportunity and equal risk for all.

I wish there were somebody I could be comfortable voting for. I might have to vote for Hillary Clinton, even though I have big reservations about her.

Sometimes corruption is slowed by shedding light into what was previously shadowed.

The American people are pretty impressive in their ability to keep after something if they think it is doable.

I think all foreigners should stop interfering in the internal affairs of Iraq. Those who want to come and help are welcome. Those who come to interfere and destroy are not.

History is just littered with problems that were solved that were supposed to be impossible.

The use of force to liberate people is very different from the use of force to suppress or control them, or even to defeat them.

Like Salvador Dali’s paintings of watches melting in the sand, time wanders at its own curious pace whenever you’re on vacation in a foreign country.

Today my uncle died.and i am not feeling sad because he is dead.i am sad about that i can never see him alive again in my whole life.

Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood.

That's what the movies do. They don't entertain us, they don't send the message: 'We care.' They give us lines to say, they assign us parts: John Wayne, Theda Bara, Shirley Temple, take your pick.

Voices joined together for a cause are like a wave that changes the shore.

the language of truth is too simple for inexperienced ears.

Ill ware is never cheape. [Ill ware is never cheap.]

I have had a great misfortune; my dear old dog is dead.

Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.

People weighed down with troubles do not look back; they know only too well that misfortune stalks them.