We have an interest in combating tactics in war that are abhorrent and that only fuel terrorism because they incite people on the ground.

Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.

What is most needed in Darfur is an international peacekeeping and protection presence, and this is what the Sudanese government most wants to avoid.

Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.

Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.

Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.

It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.

My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.

Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.

I like to think that as I get older I'm getting better at spending time with people who have qualities that make them worth spending time with.

Historical hypocrites have themselves carried out the very human rights abuses that they suddenly decide warrant intervention elsewhere.

I can't say I ever remember getting less than a whole child in my 29 years here.They come in whole and I teach 'em that way.

When intelligence shuts a door, wisdom opens a window.

Community college is like a disco with books: "Here's ten dollars; let me get my learn on!"

If hell comes as a result of my speaking the truth, then let it come.

People want to be on a team. They want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to be in a situation where they feel that they are doing something for the greater good.

I learned that if you want to get somewhere, you just make up your mind and work like hell til you get there.

I'm a great believer in getting checked out because if you know you're OK, you actually feel better; your mind plays a big part of it.

If you want to live your whole life free from pain,you must either be a god or a corpse.

I cleaned the attic with the wife the other day. Now I can't get the cobwebs out of her hair.