The Vice-Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does.
Date of birth: 1915-10-08
Date of death: 1977-02-25
Quotes number: 25
Nationality: American
Profession: Journalist
I can certainly put myself in Israel's shoes. They are humans just like we are. They want peace and security inside their borders.
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
We always have hoped that American diplomacy deploys itself in dialogue and persuasion rather than by ultimatums. That is the path we want in international relations.
We expect President Bush to implement his own vision of a two-state solution, the birth of the Palestinian State and the ending of the occupation that started in 1967.
We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
Our 'neoconservatives' are neither new nor conservative, but old as Bablyon and evil as Hell.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.
The jam is moving toward the Capitol where Congress sits in judgment on all the administrative agencies of Government.
Democracy is not something you put away for ten years, and then in the 11th year you wake up and start practicing again. We have to begin to learn to rule ourselves again.