A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question about it.

I believe in the universality of freedom and therefore want to be involved in the freedom movement.

A failed Iraq would make America less secure.

What mattered to me was that I didn't compromise my soul in order to try to achieve a kind of popularity. The only thing you can do is just live your life.

As the 20th century ended, there were around 120 democracies in the world - and I can assure you more are on the way.

It's very important for folks to understand that when there's more trade, there's more commerce.

I understand why people are discouraged about Iraq. I can understand that. We live in a, you know, world in which people hope things happen quickly. And this is a situation where things don't happen quickly because there's, you know, a very tough group of people using tactics - mainly the killing of innocent people - to achieve their objective, and they're skillful about how they do this. And they also know the impact of what it means on the consciousness of those of us who live in the free world. They know that.