Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America.

I don't want to hear about my death.

Khomeini was not a puppet like Arafat or Qaddafi or the many other dictators I met in the Islamic world. He was a sort of Pope, a sort of king - a real leader.

We are an age without leaders. We stopped having leaders at the end of the 20th century

Glory is a heavy burden, a murdering poison, and to bear it is an art. And to have that art is rare.

Sometimes I ask myself whether [Indira Gandhi] had, even then, a certain contempt for the system she represented and, years later, would overthrow.

America's a hard school, I know, but hard schools make excellent graduates.