Peacemaking and democratic state-building require blood and magic.

The fact is that democracy anywhere in the world, including in the United States, is not something that comes easy. And yet, we are committed to it, and equality and democracy are the only ways in the long run that Jews will be safe in the Middle East.

Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.

Americans should be wary of the Muslim Brothers in Egypt but not scared of them.

I read in 'Life' magazine that Asians had developed an operation to enlarge eyes, and I yearned to have this done. I wanted to dye my hair brown and to anglicize my name. Self-hate was the most terrible cost of the war years for me.

To solve the problem of organizing world peace we must establish world law and order.

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

Germany is an economic giant but a political midget, and with the end of the Cold War she has started to muscle her presence throughout Europe and the world.