America has to ask itself not what it wants, but what it can afford.

Many seniors understand that Social Security is social insurance as opposed to a program where we put money aside for our own retirement. But most elderly individuals think they're getting their money back. So it isn't selfishness as much as a misunderstanding.

I believe we all must face the fact of death. It is both gift and curse.

I think modern societies have to ask a very basic question: What strategies buy the most health for people? Doctors can do so many marvelous things now. They can keep a corpse alive, almost.

To me, the failure of liberalism - the tradition I come from - was not recognizing there has to be justice across the generations.

Peace is neither the absence of war nor the presence of a disarmament agreement. Peace is a change of heart.

America does not need another political campaign based on denial and avoidance of some of our real problems. It needs a crusade to reform and renew our country, its institutions and political system.