Above all, it is not decency or goodness of gentleness that impresses the Middle East, but strength.

Never, ever deal with terrorists. Hunt them down and, more important, mercilessly punish those states and groups that fund, arm, support, or simply allow their territories to be used by the terrorists with impunity.

One of the great problems with Americans is that - being a decent people - they assume that everyone else is equally decent.

The Jew does not wish to be isolated. He fears being alone, without allies.

Our fundamental goal in getting involved in Bosnia in the summer of 1995 was to end the war. Richard Holbrooke's fundamental goal was to negotiate a peace: a peace that was sustaining and self-sustaining over the long term.

This war so far has cost us $125 billion and counting, because largely we decided to do it on our own, with only the United Kingdom as a paying, fully participating partner.

I don't think immigrants are that threatening to society at all. They're just happy they've survived some war somewhere.

The Israeli government has proved over the past year its commitment to peace, both in words and deeds. By contrast, the Palestinians are posing preconditions for renewing the diplomatic process in a way they have not done over the course of 16 years.