A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

[The American position at the UN is] essentially impotent, without influence, heavily outvoted, and isolated.

I always assume that democracy is the only good form of government, quite frankly, and democracy is always to be preferred

Maturity is when we live by the truths that are in our heart and soul, truths we believe to be right for us.

Americans need to face the truth about themselves, no matter how pleasant it is.

A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

Democracy not only requires equality but also an unshakable conviction in the value of each person, who is then equal. Cross cultural experience teaches us not simply that people have different beliefs, but that people seek meaning and understand themselves in some sense as members of a cosmos ruled by God.