“We have actually experienced in recent months a dramatic demonstration of an unprecedented intelligence failure, perhaps the most significant intelligence failure in the history of the United States.”

“In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.”

“Anniversaries are like birthdays: occasions to celebrate and to think ahead, usually among friends with whom one shares not only the past but also the future.”

“Americans must place greater emphasis on the more subtle dimensions of national power, such as innovation, education, the balance of force and diplomacy, and the quality of political leadership.”

“The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.”

“It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety.”

“Here beyond men's judgments all covenants were brittle.”

“The Open Road goes to the used-car lot.”

“So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in the future, more or less like ours, and with the same ideals, the same not...”

“Everything is possible in America, except the production of intelligence.”

“The bottom line is this: Peace will come to Israel and the Middle East only when the Israeli government is willing to comply with international law, with the Roadmap for Peace, with official Americ...”

“It is much easier to condemn Islam and 'oppressive Muslim men' than to unpack the intricate relationships between global politics related to empire building and capitalist expansion as well as regi...”

“Yea might be turned into Nay and vice versa if a sufficient quantity of wordage was applied to the matter. The second was that in any argument, the victor is always right, and the third that though...”