The understanding that the political and intellectual class of the United States has of Mexico is a country whose position is that of a back yard.

My work at the United Nations discomforted some members of the U.S. government, which exercises its power beyond collective understandings and international law.

Countries only have certain opportunities in history, and if you do not take advantage of them, those opportunities don't ever come back to you again.

The political parties have lost their loyalties.

Thousands of civilians have lost their lives to terrorist attacks inside Pakistan, and thousands more will - because, unlike the Pakistani government, which has no coherent policy to deal with the radicals, the Taliban have one to deal with Pakistan and its citizens.

I've always tried to avoid politics because most politicians that I know are quite dirty in terms of human dignity, ethics and morals.

For millions of Americans who happen to be black or brown, that core bond of trust with the government that governs closest to you, is too often broken.

I think politics are a very personal thing.