Scar Tissue is the only book Ive ever written when Ive felt completely toxic, ill.

I distinguish, between nationalism and patriotism.

I was with the U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on the day that Srebrenica fell, which happened to be a huge historical turning point in the Bosnian war.

The politics of personal destruction, the politics of division, the politics of fear, it's all there. It helps you to define the politics of moderation - the politics of democratic respect, the politics of hope - more clearly.

...our species is one, and each of the individuals who compose it are entitled to equal moral consideration.

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.

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