Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.
We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.
Foreign policy is all about a universe of bad decisions, imperfect decisions; every situation is different. The dynamics, the atmospherics, the people, the pressures, the geopolitical realities shift.
People are not trying to get into China, they're trying to get out of China. The United States is the only great country where people are trying to get into to this country for obvious reasons.
He won a majority of the vote. Well, who are we to say that they don't have that right in making that decision? My point in using that example is that at some point we are going to have to go back and allow the people to make the choices here.
It cannot be seen as a puppet of the United States because if it is, then we will run the risk of losing Iraq, ... In the end, it is the Iraqi people that will make the decisions.
I think the American people want to have confidence in this administration's national security plans. And this is the only way to do it.
Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.
History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.
The Israeli people must be free to live in peace and security.
What's going to be critically important is this election coming up in December, which will, in fact, elect a permanent Iraqi government, a government that was not installed by the United States or outside forces, but the Iraqi people will elect that government,
The STOP Underage Drinking Act will provide the resources necessary to educate young people about the dangers of underage drinking.
This is not how you win the people of the world over to our side, especially the Muslim world.