No one will ever win the battle of the sexes; there's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

One has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership.

The mistake we make with many people - not just Russia - is that we believe we have the model, and there is a sort of a condescension in our dialogue with other societies, which was especially painful in several administrations to Russia. I think in Russia, the Yeltsin period is not considered a period of great achievement, but a period of corruption and humiliation.

Democracy is too important to leave up to the votes of the people.

The British capitalize on their accent when they don't want you to know what they're saying. But if you wake them up at 4 A.M., they speak perfect English, the same as we do.

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.