I'm a Slovak. And when I was growing up, I believed that I was Czechoslovakian because of what Russia did. They came in and took two separate countries - Slovakia and the Czech Republic - put them together as one.

I'm against the draft. I believe we should have a professional military; it might be smaller, but it would be more effective.

Our military doesn't defend our American people. Our military is the strong-arm muscle of corporations.

I think they should let gays in the military because we are the United States of America. And if a gay person wants to serve his or her country, why should they not be allowed to?

Let us show our fellow countrymen and the entire world what the Germans can do when they work for peace.

The thing about watching a show about the Iraq war, especially for an American audience, is that it reminds them they're responsible in some way.

I think that I got committed to physics at the age of - oh, it must have been 1942 - ten, when most countries were at war and children were interested in airplanes and bombs and such things.

I don't think the people are going to change their opinion on the health care plan because President Obama has now won the Nobel Peace Prize.