The disagreeable reality for those who believe in human rights is that there are some occasions-and Iraq may be one of them-when war is the only real remedy for regimes that live by terror.

You're never really out of politics.

We must not lose sight of the fundamental issue of policy which is that people who come to the country on visa status must never be abused.

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism.

It's good for people to believe in causes larger than themselves.

Those with a gift for action, for their part, often express contempt for those whose gifts are more reflective. Men of action like to say, Those who can, do, those who cant, teach, forgetting that those who teach get to write the history books.

There are all kinds of different forms of public service, but there's no form of public service that can make more difference for more people than partisan political activity.