"Bush had to appoint a woman who happened to be a crony and an attorney. He had to appoint a woman who he knew well personally and yet who he had firm confidence would advance his agenda for years after he left office. And, it wouldn't hurt to appoint a personal friend to the Supreme Court, perhaps a personal attorney of his own to shepherd any litigation against him to his advantage if he were prosecuted after leaving office, or perhaps even removed from office through prosecution or impeachment actions."

"So to conclude, for example, that all medical doctors are bad, corrupt, incompetent or evil because a very few have abused their patients or cheated on their billing, is not only blatantly illogical but must be motivated by hate or cruel malice."

"Part of the Reagan legacy is the Washington press corps’ refusal to ask tough questions with even tougher follow-ups. Although the polls say that President Bush and his Iraq policies are very unpopular, Democrats in Congress and reporters are still hanging back. Their polemical statements and probing stories are the political and journalistic equivalents of slapping the wrist rather than going for the jugular."

"It seems Washington forever draws people with a propensity to cut corners and trim ethical standards. And we, Americans, get stuck with the bill. It’s depressing."

"The first step along the road to earning respect is to learn to have self-respect: a concept virtually unknown in Pakistan."

"If we really do not know what we are up against, then how to we attempt to restrain the spread of the virus?"

"Just about everyday, the news is bad! The economy is going to hell, the Iraqi War continues unabated and the energy crisis is shifting into high gear. One direct result: The Middle Class is disappearing. No Middle Class, no democracy! And yet, our people seem to be sleepwalking through it all. Maybe, Carl Jung was right when he said, “The people can’t stand too much reality.”

"Peace is a state of mind. The main task of peace-making is mental: to get the two peoples, and each individual, to see their own narrative in a new light, and - even more important - to understand the narrative of the other side. To internalize the fact that the two narratives are two sides of the same coin."