Europeans are familiar with terrorism and violence. We have not experienced a true conflict on our soil in a hundred years, and especially not one that involved 3,000 dead.

First of all, I think the Saudis are deeply concerned about the collapse of negotiations between the Israelis and the Palestinians and the resumption of conflict.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.

I probably will not live to see Turkey become an exemplary democracy, but I pray that the downward authoritarian drift can be stopped before it is too late.

Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive.

It's a beautiful thing when democracy prevails.

The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart.