Ever since Israel has been a nation the United States has provided the leadership. Every president down to the ages has done this in a fairly balanced way, including George Bush senior, Gerald Ford, and others including myself and Bill Clinton.

I believe that we should do anything we can to minimize abortion and not to encourage it.

We know that a peaceful world cannot long exist, one-third rich and two-thirds hungry.

Giving people equal access to enjoying the benefits of America is the biggest problem that we're not making any progress in resolving.

I have been in love with the Palestinian people for many years. I have two great-grandsons that are rapidly learning about the people here and the anguish and suffering and deprivation of human rights that you have experienced ever since 1948.

We live in a time of transition, an uneasy era which is likely to endure for the rest of this century... During this period we may be tempted to abandon some of the time-honored principles and commitments which have been proven during the difficult times of past generations. We must never yield to this temptation. Our American values are not luxuries but necessities - not the salt in our bread but the bread itself.

There's no way to have a peace agreement unless the mediator or negotiator looks at both sides from an equal basis.