It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some prisoner release that took place but it's not been satisfactory.

It was helpful to have the American troops there in great strength. They knew there'd be consequences if they didn't move back. Now, there has been some removal of the foreign forces.

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.

I've got many close friends, but there's an awful lot about friendship that is not demonstrative in my case.

Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders.