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.

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.

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.

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.

Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them.

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

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

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

There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

The Holy Land is everywhere.

be careful of monsters with teeth

I grew up in such a macho family. I had a former Green Beret for a dad, a mom who's really rough-and-tumble, and three very macho brothers.

Don't look back, because that's the sign of failure.

I've got this theory that there is a Volvo in any sane person's future.

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected. Common traditional saying: Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.

Every human being has creative powers. You were born to create. Appreciate your inborn potential.

My wound is geography. It is also my anchorage, my port of call.

It's hard to get laughs when you're new.