Mahmoud Abbas Is A Puppet.

I Think That The Middle East Is The Largest Piece Of Unfinished Business That We All Have. I Happen To Believe In The Democratization Process.

The Day-to-day Making Of Policy Is Arguing All The Time. You're Trying To Get The Right Approach And The Right Answer, And There Are Moments That Aren't Very Pleasant. But In The End, You Look At The Overall Product.

I Can't See Democracy Occurring By Force - After An Iraqi War, Because Of The Fallout From That.

China Is In Its Own Category - Too Big To Ignore, Too Repressive To Embrace, Difficult To Influence, And Very, Very Proud.

Often If You Don't Speak Up, Whatever You Thought Was Stupid To Say Some Man Would Say And Then Everyone Would Say 'as He Said'.