My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women's status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

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.

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.