I think the essential message was that Saddam Hussein represented a serious threat to the United States and to our friends and allies in the region.

Bush violated FISA […] because he wanted to violate the law in order to establish the general ‘principle’ that he was not bound by the law, to show that he has the power to break...

The United States has been ambiguous on the current situation in Nepal. They have not actually come out very strongly in terms of pushing the king to take measures on the detentions or abuses by...

Gov. Christie says ‘New Jersey First.’ State-based Isolationism!

Nothing—not even the US Army—more threatens the future of a democratic, pluralistic and (dare we wish, secular) Iraq than the political ascendancy of Islamic fascists like Al Sadr.

To allow this program to lapse could potentially jeopardize thousands of dairy farms throughout the United States,

I’m amazed that you could have the greatest portrait in the United States, of George Washington; you could have the Declaration of Independence desk, the desk on which it was written; you could have the...

It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.

The only way to Cuba is with the CIA.

Larry has been absorbed, as he wished, into that tumultuous conglomeration of humanity, distracted by so many conflicting interests, so lost in the world’s confusion, so wistful of good, so cocksure on the outside, so...

I don’t like the continuing monopolistic policy of the United States.

When our government is spoken of as some menacing, threatening foreign entity, it ignores the fact that, in our democracy, government is us.

So here we have found a means of a) alienating even the most flexible and patient Palestinians; while b) frustrating the efforts of the more principled and compromising Israelis; while c) empowering and financing some...

A little later, the Apollo mission was consummated and there were Americans on the moon. I remember distinctly looking up from the quad on what was quite a moon-flooded night, and thinking about it. They...

The United States can no longer claim that [the duty] is WTO consistent.

The country he had left thirty years ago had been a realistic place. There were political realities there, then and now, that precluded blind faith, that discouraged one from thinking that everything, always, would work...

Although they may be reckless with the security of the United States, I think they are utterly cold-blooded realists when it comes to political power.

My country owes me nothing. It gave me, as it gives every boy and girl, a chance. It gave me schooling, independence of action, opportunity for service and honor.

The Congressional Record will forever show that [Obamacare] was passed in a romper room of overgrown children seemingly barely old enough to keep from peeing on themselves.

I loved representing the United States. And I actually think being the first is terrific because I kind of set the standard, … … I had the opportunity to chart the way.

There’s no improvisation here. Cuba has a plan to face hurricanes. The United States doesn’t. It is vital that everyone be well informed, without sensationalism or cause for alarm. We do not turn hurricanes into...

They’ve got more stuff. And if your spaceship is broken, they can probably fix it better.

In the United States I have always believed that there was a big difference between Conservative and stupid. Boy is it getting harder to prove that one by the minute.

The media are desperately afraid of being accused of bias. And that’s partly because there’s a whole machine out there, an organized attempt to accuse them of bias whenever they say anything that the Right...

Talks with the United States have no benefit for us and are harmful to us,

The United States plane in the area raised questions and the questions were not fully addressed by the Peruvian aircraft.

I used to call myself a single-issue voter on the essential question of defending civilization against its terrorist enemies and their totalitarian protectors, and on that ‘issue’ I hope I can continue to expose and...

The closest thing to Kfar Darom in the United States is the Alamo. Imagine pulling people out of this place. They are heroes of Israel and we owe them a great deal after they are...

The United States condemns the terrorist bombings in Bali that claimed innocent lives and injured many more. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the victims, and we wish a speedy recovery to...

You can make a successful run for political office in this country without an especially thick résumé, any exceptional talent for expressing yourself, a noteworthy education or, for that matter, a basic grasp of science.But...

[The fact that the United States is] arguably the world’s most powerful nation, … a larger target for those who don’t share our interests, values or beliefs.

Iran now has many more cards in confronting the United States than the United States has in confronting Iran.

We want to put them under pressure. Although they (United States) have developed greatly in recent years, we think they make mistakes under pressure.

Of course he had a female following. Was there anything college girls found sexier than being told what to think?

Every war and conflict that the United States enters has its own ROE [rules of engagement]. Contrary to what most people think, the U.S. military does not have a complete license to kill, even in...

The two main criminals are France and the United States. They owe Haiti enormous reparations because of actions going back hundreds of years. If we could ever get to the stage where somebody could say,...

Well, then what the federal government should have done was accept the assistance of foreign countries, of entrepreneurial Americans who have had solutions that they wanted presented. They can’t even get a phone call returned,...

My guest Newt Gingrich shut down the government during the Clinton administration. I’ll ask him when it’s gonna start working again.

I think they’ll continue to explore options outside the United States, and they’ll continue with non-bank acquisitions.

What we need is continued engagement from the United States, first of all, in the war against terror, which will help stability in Afghanistan and the whole region … and also in the reconstruction efforts...

Any confrontation, such as a verbal one with the United States, would be harmful for everybody.

I can’t say enough about Newport. It’s such a homey, safe and comfortable place. And there are so many Irish. If I couldn’t live in Newport, I think I’d just move back home. I don’t...

Inevitably came the time when he angrily repudiated his former paladin Yasser Arafat. In fact, he described him to me as ‘the Palestinian blend of Marshal Petaín and Papa Doc.’ But the main problem, alas,...

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by...

But then it came time for me to make my journey—into America. [… N]o coincidence that my first novel is called Americana. That became my subject, the subject that shaped my work. When I get...

It is hard to imagine having a government more secretive than the United States. Virtually everything that government does, of any significance, is conducted behind an extreme wall of secrecy. The very few leaks that...

I want to have faith in strangers. I want to have faith in what we’re all going to do next. But I’m worried. I see things shifting from United We Stand to God Bless America....

In her mind the U.S. was nothing more and nothing less than a país overrun by gangsters, putas, and no-accounts. Its cities swarmed with machines and industry, as thick with sinvergüencería as Santo Domingo was...

Beyond the United States, in Asia and elsewhere we have seen where the excessive reliance on bank financing has contributed to financial crisis, … help China’s economy shift from savings to consumption without sacrificing growth.

[I]n my own case at least I feel my professional need for freedom of speech and expression prejudices me toward a government whose constitution guarantees it.