Now North Korea certainly is located in a different place geographically, but I think it faces the same type of strategic decision. Does it want a different future for its people?

There is a different future that is available to North Korea, if they choose differently.

Any agreement that you have isn't going to be based on North Korea's intentions or trust.

The other countries did not share the same concern the United States had in the early '90's - that North Korea actually had an ongoing nuclear weapons program.

The nexus between terrorism and nuclear weapons, or even nuclear material, is obviously a current concern.

You are either going forward or you are not.

You have to play the cards you are dealt and if it has made it harder, it doesn't matter, you still have to get the deal done.

So the president set out the policy guidance and said it had to take place in a multilateral fashion so that other countries in the region could be invested in the success of this process.

Humanity's greatest achievement will come when the happiness of some will no longer be the sadness of others.

It is the leader’s job to model and enforce the values and behaviors that make up the company culture. “Model” the behaviors is key. “Do as I say” only breeds contempt from others.

Together we can help create a peaceful, just, sustainable and healthy world.

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The question is: How do we succeed in Iraq? And you don't succeed by leaving before the mission is complete, like some in this political process are suggesting.

What is gained by debt relief and aid can be lost if we don't get a proper trade agreement in Hong Kong.

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When I was little, I made up my own fairy tales, and the ghostly echo of Once upon a time shapes all the fiction Ive ever written.

Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.

One is taller. The other is shorter.