The United States has some people in Europe with whom we disagree on this matter and a large number of people in Europe, including governments in Europe, with whom we agree.

The purpose of the UN mechanism, this inspection mechanism, is not to engage in a cat and mouse game with Saddam Hussein and try to find weapons that the Iraqi government is working on concealing.

It was known in the mid 90s already that Saddam Hussein was a dangerous tyrant that he had already launched aggressions against Iran, he had invaded Kuwait.

The key to making the inspections work is the Iraqi government making the crucial decision that because of the international pressure Iraq has to disarm itself.

Europe is a collection of free countries.

Peace, of course, is different from divorce; indeed, in essential respects, divorce is the opposite of peace.

I'm not concerned about weapons of mass destruction.

There have been linkages between the Iraqi government and al-Qaeda going back more or less a decade.

I think the disarmament of Iraq is inevitable.

Though public pronouncements of Israeli officials emphasize peace and mutuality, unilateralism actually drives Israeli actions.

No, the United States does not target civilians.

In today's time, no other ''charity'' is acceptable or practical than the ''wisdom'' that can transform the human life... Meaning the knowledge which can teach a man to climb the ladder of success.

Don't think about don't thinking about it.

Our computers have become windows through which we can gaze upon a world that is virtually without horizons or boundaries.

The old chess is too limited. Imagine playing cards, black jack for example, and every time the dealer has the same starting hand you have the same starting hand. What's the point?

Listening to something is an act of surrender.

At least Manhattan, in terms of danger and eccentricity, is much more of a theme park now. You couldn't really shoot the old Law & Order in New York today. It's a different city.

That I should die next week, I would still be able to sit at my desk all week and study with perfect equanimity, for I know now that life and death make a meaningful whole.

My decision to become a lawyer was irrevocably sealed when I realized my father hated the legal profession.

We tend to use a new technology to do an old task more efficiently. We pave the cow paths.

Here's a good rule of thumb: don't worry about a competitor at all, until they're actually beating you with a real shipped product.