Those who cannot remember the past are condemned, it seems, to direct the Middle East policy of the Obama administration.

There isn't any way for the people of Nicaragua to find out what's going on in Nicaragua.

Like all forms of collective security, multilateral sanctions require a unanimity rarely achieved in international politics.

Honduras was the original 'banana republic,' and its poverty remains extreme.

When freedom of the press is threatened, the United States should be leading efforts to protect it.

First impressions matter. Experts say we size up new people in somewhere between 30 seconds and two minutes.

The ransoming of captives has been practiced by Jews for many centuries and has been regarded as a greater obligation than charity for the poor.

Elections matter, but how much they matter depends entirely on how free, open and fair they are.

While Argentina, Brazil, and Chile - what in textbooks used to be called the ABC countries - seem settled into democratic politics and free market economics, the Andean countries are in disarray.

Iran exports about 2.2 million barrels a day.

At the United Nations, a lynch mob for Israel is always just a moment away.

[T]eaching has been for me an education (Lord knows what it has been for my students).

Our experiences shape who we are.

I know it feels like you have all these options and when you make a decision, you lose a world of possibilities. But the reality is, until you make a decision, you have nothing at all.

When angels carry you they leave no footprints in the sand.

It's good to have a reminder that we can love ourselves and be beautiful even though we don't really fit into certain standards of what beauty may be.

If you look at everything straight on, there is nothing to be afraid of.

Surrender comes when you no longer ask, 'Why is this happening to me?'

Actually, my plan was to be 20-under par after two days but it didn't work

Cast yourself into the arms of God and be very sure that if he wants anything of you, He will fit you for the work and give you strength.

There's nothing harder than going on TV and saying something that you don't believe. I don't do that anymore.