"Nostalgia is a seductive liar."

"Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden."

"The question is no longer whether the United States should contribute to assuring Israel's survival and prosperity; that goes without saying."

"Until 1956, America treated Israel not much differently from other friendly states."

"The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years. In their country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and the beauty of life. It's a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful but that it is also tragically short."

"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody."

"We did not go to war in Afghanistan or in Iraq to, quote, 'impose democracy.' We went to war in both places because we saw those regimes as a threat to the United States."

"The one thing that the President can do is to establish a real energy independence plan. We have all the recources we need right here in this country to establish energy independence if we had the leadership."