The atmosphere is different in Congress after September 11. Terrorism is no longer an abstract issue, but a real, tangible threat.

Iran has a dismal record on human rights.

The focus should not be on talking. Talk is cheap. It must be on action.

Steroids can seem necessary to compete at the highest levels, and the quick rewards can outweigh the long term consequences to the user's health.

I wish to note that intellectual property theft by a government represents the very essence of organized crime.

Since we enacted the PATRIOT Act almost three years ago, there has been tremendous public debate about its breadth and implications on due process and privacy.

American foreign policy has been - and must continue to be - based on unequivocal support for Israel's right to exist and to be free from terror.

Iran is actively pursuing the development of weapons of mass destruction and ballistic missiles.

How much greater would their contributions to the U.S. economy be if U.S. copyright owners could access foreign markets otherwise dominated by pirate product?

It is longstanding U.S. policy that we will talk to the Iranians anytime, anywhere, on any subject, with no preconditions. So far, they have not taken us up on our offer.

It is wrong to say the U.S. should "not take sides" in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.

For now, poetry has the capacity - in its own ways and by its own means - to remind us of something we are forbidden to see.

It felt really good to do something that made no sense at all.

Earth, my dearest, oh believe me, you no longer need your springtimes to win me over...Unspeakably, I have belonged to you, from the flush.

I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It's because of them I'm doing it myself.

I have been here before as a spirit - this is just my physical body, it is just an overcoat. And at death, you will take the overcoat off.

It's only in winter that the pine and cypress are known to be evergreens.

If I were to write my title like going through the airport and you have to put down what you do? I would literally write ‘creative genius’.

I'm so old I can remember when the Dead Sea was only sick.

Dory is what Mum used to call a "strong-looking woman," which means that, from the back, she looked like a man, and, from the front, you preferred the back

I hope that people of all faiths will start looking for our too-invisible children who are crying out for help.