Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world.

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.

But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right.

The U.S. should support the historic Gaza withdrawal as a first step toward a final settlement: a permanent Palestinian state in Gaza and nearly all of the West Bank.

For decades the American people have had an addiction to oil and gas.

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.

Democracy fascinates me.