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

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

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.

I was a woman in a man's world. I was a Democrat in a Republican administration. I was an intellectual in a world of bureaucrats. I talked differently. This may have made me a bit like an ink blot.

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

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

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