The Civil War was fought, in a sense, over whether that sentence - all men are created equal - is to be taken literally. And the southerners in the 1850s argued that it was not.

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that.

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

Ronald Reagan reached out to Gorbachev. At the same time, we were pushing back against the Soviets all over the world. He was able to do two things at once, and it worked out very well for us.

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.

It is not until we have passed through the furnace that we are made to know how much dross there is in our composition.

You shall hear a good account of me or of my death.

Like a great poet, Nature produces the greatest results with the simplest means. These are simply a sun, trees, flowers, water and love.

Louis Brandeis was not a racist like Woodrow Wilson.

Thus, a godly man wonders at his cross that it is not more, a wicked man wonders his cross is so much.

If there is pain in my photographs, it relates to the pain in my own existence.

Since bodily strength is but a servant to the mind, it were very barbarous and preposterous that force should be made judge over reason.

I - Want - Peace, I is ego, Want is desire; Remove ego and desire and you have peace.

How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!

The inequality between the world's individuals is staggering.