Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

We cannot do everything in Africa, but doing nothing is not an option.

I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics.

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.

A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union.

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.

Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.

So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.

Democracy fascinates me.

This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation.

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.

Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.