Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority.

It's an improvisation on a theme. You know where you want to go, but you don't know how to get there. It's not linear.

There is a split between Muslims who want to practice their faith in peace and tolerance with other religions and other people, and these extreme, radical fundamentalists who have shown a total lack of tolerance for people with different views, starting with people who they don't think are good Muslims, and going on to include Christians and Jews.

The World War II generation believed the United States could do anything - anything... And Vietnam was a shattering experience for everyone.

World War I was not inevitable, as many historians say. It could have been avoided, and it was a diplomatically botched negotiation.

I still believe in the possibility of the United States, with all its will and all its strength, and I don't just mean military, persevering against any challenge. I still believe in that.

If a country denies it has AIDS, that country will inevitably become an even greater victim.