President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

Democracy fascinates me.

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.

We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law.

Democracy makes us articulate our views, defend them, and refine them.

President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security.

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.