In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

If you want to make beautiful music, you must play the black and the white notes together.

In the long term we can hope that religion will change the nature of man and reduce conflict. But history is not encouraging in this respect. The bloodiest wars in history have been religious wars.

Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.

As this long and difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible.

In the television age, the key distinction is between the candidate who can speak poetry and the one who can only speak prose.

Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for the goddamned people.

I played by the rules of politics as I found them.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.