A government is not legitimate merely because it exists.

I conclude that it is a fundamental mistake to think that salvation, justice, or virtue come through merely human institutions.

What takes place in the Security Council more closely resembles a mugging than either a political debate or an effort at problem-solving.

We have war when at least one of the parties to a conflict wants something more than it wants peace.

There is an absolutely fundamental hostility on the part of totalitarian regimes toward religion.

Power ... is not an end in itself, but is an instrument that must be used toward an end.

I don't think the government (of El Salvador) was responsible. The nuns were not just nuns; the nuns were political activists. We ought to be a little more clear-cut about this than we usually are. They were political activists on behalf of the Frente and somebody who is using violence to oppose the Frente killed them.