Too often in the past, U.S. leaders have forced Israel to pay the price for American strategic interests in the Middle East - through concessions in the peace process as well as passivity in the face of Iraqi attacks.

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Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

Involvement in public affairs is a legitimate use of celebrity.

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...

If you don't think you want to go on a train and read the paper...

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

Then I realized that to be really good at this requires a lot of energy...

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

I'm a 9-11 Republican.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune...

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

Acting is not about knowing all this stuff; it's about character.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

If I don't see my kids for six days, I start to get withdrawal pains.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

For about the first ten years of my career, I wasn't terribly motivated.

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

I've seen people with a tremendous amount of educational background in the field not turn...

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

Nobody has a franchise on what is good.

I do believe all actors are smart.

I do believe all actors are smart.

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

But why should I run for office and lose what little influence I have?

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

You have to think an awful lot about your motivations or people's behavioral intentions or...

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

I can't talk about foreign policy like anyone who's spent their life reading and learning...

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

I don't even like to use the word relationship. I don't know what it means.

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

But some actors I have met possess an intelligence that I can only dream of....

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and...

I had been involved in U.S. intelligence in Berlin, Germany, while in the military and...

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done

Intelligence is the ability to avoid doing work, yet getting the work done

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.

I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.