All I hope is that the American coalition is doing its best to prevent civilian casualties and the killing of innocent people.

Though we talk peace, we wage war. Sometimes we even wage war in the name of peace. Does that seem paradoxical? Well, war is not afraid of paradoxes.

For in my tradition, as a Jew, I believe that whatever we receive we must share.

What all these victims need above all is to know that they are not alone; that we are not forgetting them, that when their voices are stifled we shall lend them ours, that while their freedome depends on ours, the quality of our freedom depends on theirs.

Young people want to learn, they are thirsty for knowledge, they want to understand and remember. The main thing is to teach them where not to go. Oppression, not to go; dictatorship, not to go; racism and prejudice, absolutely not to go. This is a moral plan [for society].

I have to be self-conscious of what I'm trying to do with my life.

I think so. 9/11 has been a turning point in American history, there's no doubt about that.