The United States is a proud, determined, hard-working, talented, patriotic nation and people, and it is not over-extended in the manner of empires of the past that took over the lands of others and eventually collapsed under the weight of the over-ambitious hegemon.

Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing.

For decades, I have been a militant anti-declinist in terms of America's place in the world.

At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of criminal justice.

We haven't been happy with the way the war has been handled. The president has changed his reasons for being over there every time a reason is proven false or an objective reached.

I feel like the people from Iceland have a different relationship with their country than other places. Most Icelandic people are really proud to be from there, and we don't have embarrassments like World War II where we were cruel to other people.

For the only way in which a durable peace can be created is by world-wide restoration of economic activity and international trade.

Past records of inter-Korean relations show that confrontation between fellow countrymen leads to nothing but war.