History's long arc is different than the today's headlines.

Everybody in the world is capable of democratic development. Some people in the world are unlucky enough to get stuck with really bad political leadership and with really bad political institutions.

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.

In any country, if you don't have countervailing institutions, the power of any one president is problematic for democratic development.

People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

It is high time that the international community tell Saddam Hussein and his regime that this is not an issue of negotiation with the U.N. about obligations that they undertook in 1991.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.