What you do, what you say, how you react to critical situations defines not just the moment, but it defines and shapes you.

I have spent the past ten years in just about every war zone there was.

We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.

In Bosnia, little children shot in the head by a guy who thinks it's okay to aim his gun at a child.

Politicization - the shading of analysis to fit prevailing policy or politics - is the harshest criticism one can make of an intelligence organization. It strikes beyond questions of competence to the fundamental ethic of the enterprise, which is, or should be, truth telling.

There is a tension between parliamentary and popular sovereignty. A lively, meaningful democracy would achieve a balance between the two.

In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.

The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the goverment.