If you're a prosecutor, and you believe the defendant is guilty, you only talk about ultimate truth, but not intermediate truth. If you're the defense attorney, you care deeply about intermediate truth, but you tend to neglect ultimate truth.

Israel and the Palestinians must resolve their own differences. The United States can play an important role as facilitator and guarantor.

All religions and cultures suffer from sources that preach hate against the 'other.' Throughout history some have, tragically, practiced what their sources preached, while some have sought to dismiss or even counteract the hateful words of their sources.

There are many levels of truth.

Well, first of all, no professor should be able to say, I refuse to defend my position. I refuse to debate my position.

Great research universities must insist on independence from government and on the exercise of academic freedom.

Laws are important precisely because in a democracy they reflect the attitudes and aspirations of those they govern.