If I were president, I'd be very glad to see the Palestinians have a nation recognized by the United Nations. There's no downside to it.

My position has always been, along with many other people, that any differences be resolved in a nonviolent way.

The preeminent obstacle to peace is Israel's colonization of Palestine.

Governance should be designed as an equalizer. Democrats are more inclined towards working families and those who are struggling for a better life.

I don't think that Israel has any legal or moral justification for their massive bombing of the entire nation of Lebanon. What happened is that Israel is holding almost 10,000 prisoners, so when the militants in Lebanon or in Gaza take one or two soldiers, Israel looks upon this as a justification for an attack on the civilian population of Lebanon and Gaza. I do not think that's justified, no.

On Saint Paul, he's probably one of the best theologians of all time, but I don't believe that some of his teachings are appropriate today.

The heartfelt sympathy and friendship offered to America after the 9/11 attacks, even from formerly antagonistic regimes, has been largely dissipated; increasingly unilateral and domineering policies have brought international trust in our country to its lowest level in memory.