I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator.

For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world.

I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me.

Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history.

The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption.

All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation.

I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it.