Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

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.

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.

While all Alawites fear vengeance against their entire community should Assad fall, there are varying degrees of loyalty to the Assads.

Everything that happens, happens as it should, and if you observe carefully, you will find this to be so.

To me there has never been a higher source of earthly honor or distinction than that connected with advances in science.

I discovered that the most dangerous mask is the one worn by intelligent people because they are clever at their disguise.

The intelligent investor should recognize that market panics can create great prices for good companies and good prices for great companies.

The only thing that keeps this organization from being recognized as one of the finest in baseball is wins and losses at the major league level.

One piece of good sense would be more memorable than a monument as high as the moon.

We are all connected to the ocean. Without healthy oceans, no life, not even on land, can exist.

I was too busy doing my job and living my life to spend time keeping notes for some future volume of memoirs.

You can't fake it. Bad writing is a gift.

The process for awarding Nobel prizes is so complex that it cannot be corrupted.