I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.

Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.