There is no way around the contradictions and dangers inherent in Israel's decision to free over 1,000 prisoners in order to liberate Gilad Shalit.

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.

Some people need a red carpet rolled out in front of them in order to walk forward into friendship. They can't see the tiny outstretched hands all around them, everywhere, like leaves on trees.

People are like animals. Some are happiest penned in, some need to roam free. You go to recognize what's in her nature and accept it.

I Born as Human its blessing of GOD .But if you die as Human it will be My achievement

My relationship with the mountains actually started when I was 16. Every year, a group used to be taken from Auckland Grammar down to the Tangariro National Park for a skiing holiday.

He who lives without committing any folly is not so wise as he thinks. [Fr., Qui vit sans folie n'est pas si sage qu'il croit.]

Borscht is more than a soup, it's a weather vane. When my family says they want hot borscht I know winter is coming, and when they want cold borscht I know how far can spring be behind?

If you are going to be rude, be quick about it.

A book cannot apologize for what people may think it should be. It has to be authoritative.

Everything comes at a price. Everthing in your life. The question you have to ask yourself is, what price are you willing to pay?

I hope people will put aside Tom Ford the fashion designer and think about Tom Ford the filmmaker.