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.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

When somebody is flying airplanes into buildings and killing innocent people in the name of God, it makes you question why do they have that interpretation and somebody else has another interpretation, and how many people of Muslim faith would agree with that, and what are the different aspects of different people's religions that is so divisive, rather than being unifying?

Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.

What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?

Women have to work exceptionally hard.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'