Well, usually when you talk about a mandate, you're talking about an overwhelming win. I don't think by any measurement the 2004 election was an overwhelming win.

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Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response...

Reform of the medical liability system should be considered as part of a comprehensive response...

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the...

On the issues that I care deeply about - the environment, Roe vs. Wade, the...

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know...

Israelis can be proud of the vibrant democracy that they have created, and I know...

I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going...

I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going...

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

In the world of diplomacy, some things are better left unsaid.

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate...

If you can't go around it, over it, or through it, you had better negotiate...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her...

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

We don't seem to be able to check crime, so why not legalize it and...

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of...

Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

The issue is privacy. Why is the decision by a woman to sleep with a...

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

All war represents a failure of diplomacy

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it......

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same...

I think if I had to do it over again, I'd do it the same...

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

A diplomat's life is made up of three ingredients: protocol, Geritol and alcohol.

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it...

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it...

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomacy is to do and say the nastiest things in the nicest way.

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Diplomats are useful only in fair weather. As soon as it rains they drown in...

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.

There is no diplomacy like candor.

There is no diplomacy like candor.