"Israel must negotiate with whatever Palestinian leadership is elected by the Palestinian people. As in every conflict throughout history, one does not elect the leadership of the opponent - first, because the opponent will not accept this, and, just as importantly, because an agreement made with such a leadership will not hold."

"Israel and the United States must consider what role they have played in Hamas’ victory. Israel has undermined Abbas’ power by disregarding its obligations under the Road Map and Sharm el-Sheikh understanding and by pursuing a policy of unilateralism, military might and territorial expansion. On its part, the United States allowed the weakening of Abbas and his government despite warnings that such action would push the Palestinian people to choose a different leadership."

"The only positive thing to happen in Afghanistan was achieved by the UN; the holding of parliamentary elections. But elections do not bring instant food, health care, education, clean water, or security."

"Bush wants to merge the branches by installing Federal judges who expand executive power. Bush tries to expand executive power on his own. And when Congress passes legislation that tends to curb executive power in order to protect the liberties and rights of the citizenry, Bush ignores the legislation or attempts to circumvent the legislative branch by inappropriate means. He does so in the alleged name of security."

"Those pressing for attacks on Iran are those that urged war on Iraq, but a majority of Americans are finally learning what the rest of the world knew about the deceitful madness of that ongoing bloodbath."

"Step by step we see democracy being uprooted like an unwanted weed and the preparation for fascism, for a police state in America."

"If the assimilation means the process for new arrivals to assimilate into the natives or settled community than why didn’t the first group of European convicts and aliens came by into Australia assimilated with aboriginal culture, language and tradition."

"The collapse of Bush’s plan to advance democracy in the Middle East has not escaped the attention of policy makers back home."