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" I always keep a firewall between my own travails and my perception of public-policy issues; otherwise I would retain no credibility as a commentator. "

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" All the other members of the U.N. were admitted, at the outset or subsequently, but Israel was created by the U.N. as a Jewish state, on the motion of Stalin's ambassador, seconded by President Truman's. "

" From the early Seventies to the mid-Eighties, I approached Rome at a snail's pace. Having concluded that God existed, I could not seriously entertain the thought of not trying to be in contact with Him. "

" For all history up to the end of the Cold War, summit meetings were historic and dramatic occasions, when leaders who controlled the destiny of much of the world met to change the world. "

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" Rupert Murdoch is probably the most successful media proprietor and operator in history. "

" Economics is half psychology and half Grade Three arithmetic, and the U.S. does not now have either half right. "

" I made 50 million bucks yesterday. That's a flameout I could get used to. "

" The vicar of Christ is an individual, not an electorate. "

" I do not at all have the mind of a bully... in my mind bullies are intolerant of contrary opinion, domineering and rather cowardly. I would hope that none of those terms could be fairly used in describing me. "

" All emphasis in American prisons is on punishment, retribution, and disparagement, and almost none is on rehabilitation. "

" There are some people whose opinion I value and respect and it would be very bothersome if I forfeited their respect. But the general public? I'm not preoccupied with the opinions of others. "

" At least 80 percent of American prisoners are grossly over-sentenced. The Supreme Court knows this, but shows scant concern for this human side of criminal justice. "

" Nixon's full term was one of the most successful in U.S. history, which is why he was re-elected by the largest plurality in the country's history. "

" Maximising my wealth was never my chief thing. "

" Israel expanded beyond its original boundaries only because the Arab powers attacked Israel and the U.N. demarcation unsuccessfully in 1948. The endless caterwauling about the 1967 borders is rubbish. "

" Most American media outlets that are controlled by Jews seem to be reflexively, or at least habitually, anti-Israel. "

" Terrorists cannot threaten the survival of a great nation. "

" A quest for knowledge is not a war with faith; spirituality is not usually an infelicitous amalgam of superstition and philistinism; and moral relativism, taken outside midfield, leads inexorably both to heresy and to secular wickedness, which are often identical. "

" All my life, Americans have been accustomed to thinking of theirs as 'the richest, freest' country in the world. By most measurements, it was long a contender for that honor, and - among the larger countries, if equal weight were given to wealth and indices of freedom - probably did deserve to be so described. "

" The balance between faith and reason is for the determination of each individual, and of the people as a whole, not of unauthorized government officials uttering impious humbug as they arbitrarily try to define that balance. "

" I am proud of being in a U.S. federal prison and surviving it. "

" The Arabs could have peace tomorrow if sufficient numbers of Palestinians were not content to be used as cannon fodder in fruitless assaults on Israel, even as the surrounding Arab powers distract the Arab masses with the red herring of Israel while retarding their countries with their repression and corruption. "

" Although his personality is generally quite agreeable, Mr Murdoch has no loyalty to anyone or anything except his company. "

" The U.S. prosecution service is eating at the soul of the American republic. It is an absolute danger to everyone. "

" The whole nuclear-arms-control and non-proliferation policy of the nuclear powers is a fraud: The Americans could not prevent the Soviets from replicating their weaponry, and then could not object when the British did the same. "

" Perhaps the gravest under-publicized atrocity in the world is the persecution of Christians. "

" Guerrilla wars, and even more so terrorist assaults, are conducted only by forces with insufficient strength to carry out a real war. "

" The American legal industry is a medieval guild in which the prosecutors, bar, and bench join hands to ensure that legal invoices are paid, no matter how excessive. "

" Walter Cronkite was a personally decent and convivial man, who literally couldn't kill a fly, was kind to his children, generally helpful to juniors, authentically curious about the news, and, in his time, an energetic reporter. "

" I may have made a mistake in renouncing my Canadian citizenship, which I have never ceased to promise to try to regain. "