The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.

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.

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.

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.

Belief builds from scratch. Doesn’t have to relax, it doesn’t need space

Saving life and avoiding death are typically shorthand for far less evocative terms: lengthening life and delaying death.

Men who believe in good and evil, and who believe that good should win, should watch for those moments when it is possible to play God

Christmas for me is all about spending time with my family. I cherish any chance we have to spend all day together making gingerbread houses, baking cookies, or sitting around and watching movies.

Just as Dr. King was a disciple of Gandhi and Christ, we must now be Dr. King's disciples. Dr. King challenged us to work for a greater humanity. I only hope that we are worthy of his challenge.

People think they know all these things about other people, and if you ask them why they think they know that, it'd be hard for them to be convincing.

Everything evens up, you just wait, Even a garbage can gets a steak, You ain't even a garbage can, you have faith!

The answers we seek aren't always the answers we want, are they? But knowing the truth is what helps us sleep at night.

We must not confuse humility with false modesty or servility.

Man is an ape with possibilities.