You have to look at the history of the Middle East in particular. It has been one of failure and frustration, of feudalism and tribalism.

As I look back at the span of the Cold War in those early days, in the '50s, for example, there was a great deal of Soviet propaganda here in the United States, but it was clumsy, and it was anchored to a lot of ideological support in certain circles in America itself.

I am in control here, in the White House.

I'm the only American alive or dead who presided unhappily over the removal of a vice president and a president.

To declare the Cold War over, and declare democracy has won out over totalitarianism, is a measure of arrogance and wrong-headedness.

Practice rather than preach. Make of your life an affirmation, defined by your ideals, not the negation of others. Dare to the level of your capability then go beyond to a higher level.

I started out as a Cold Warrior, even my last years in grade school.