When it comes to the common rights and needs of men and women, there is no clash of civilizations. The requirements of freedom apply fully to Africa and Latin America and the entire Islamic world. The peoples of the Islamic nations want and deserve the same freedoms and opportunities as people in every nation. And their governments should listen to their hopes.

We must all hear the universal call to like your neighbor just like you like to be liked yourself.

One of the great things about books is sometimes there are some fantastic pictures.

Some will remember an image of a fire or story or rescue. Some will carry memories of a face and a voice gone forever. And I will carry this. It is the police shield of a man named George Howard who died at the World Trade Center trying to save others. It was given to me by his mom, Arlene, as a proud memorial to her son. It is my reminder of lives that ended and a task that does not end.

In the future history will be made only by us.

We've got a lot of relations with countries in our neighborhood.

No matter what your politics is, we ought to be thanking people for volunteering.