It is better to inconsistently save some lives than to consistently save none.

The greatest threat to extremism isn't drones firing missiles, but girls reading books.

One of the principles of journalism is you don't lie. You never lie.

While Americans have heard of Darfur and think we should be doing more there, they aren't actually angry at the president about inaction

China was probably the worst place in the world to grow up female 100 years ago. There was foot binding, female infanticide, concubinage, and child marriage, and now it's one of the better places. So I really do feel that we're on the right side of history here.

It really is quite remarkable that Darfur has become a household name. I am gratified that's the case.

The intelligence community is so vast that more people have top secret clearance than live in Washington. The U.S. will spend more on the war in Afghanistan this year, adjusting for inflation, than we spent on the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, the Civil War and the Spanish-American War combined.