There is a sense in which the United States Ambassador speaks to the United States, as well as for the United States. I have always seen my role as a thermostat, rather than a thermometer. So I'm going to be actively working... for my own concerns. I have always had people advise me on what to say, but never on what not to say.

What we forget is that African Americans made the largest contribution to America, economically, before the Civil War of any sector of society. I read that the railroads were worth about $2 billion, but slavery was a $3 billion asset.

The man with courage is a majority.

What Iran wants and what North Korea wants is respect.

It stands to reason that unloved and unwanted children are going to get into crime.

The Soviet Union is going to have a human-rights explosion. You'll have hundreds of thousands of dissidents.

I would define morality as enlightened self-interest...That old Platonic ideal that there are certain pure moral forms just isn't where we are.