The core of the American set of beliefs has remained pretty constant.

A lot of people tend to think I'm a dogmatic ideologue, which I'm not.

If one of the drafters of the Declaration of Independence came back today, he would not be surprised about what Americans were saying and believing and articulating in their public statements. It would all sound rather familiar.

Certainly there are various trans-Islamic political movements, which try to appeal to Muslims in all societies.

I think fundamentalism is this radical attitude toward one's own identity and civilization as compared to other people's identities and cultures.

I don't think that the Israeli lobby is unique. It may differ from the others in the extent by which it is focused on just one issue, which is the survival of Israel, which is understandable, and promoting Israeli development and aid to Israel, and so forth and so on.

The major difference for us in America with respect to Hispanic immigration is that it is so large and that it is coming from neighboring countries rather than those countries off the Atlantic or Pacific. That creates different issues and different problems for us as compared to the past. It is still very different, however, from the situation in Europe where we see people with a very different non-European religion coming from neighboring countries.