Robin Williams was an airman, a doctor, a genie, a nanny. . . and everything in between. But he was one of a kind.
Acts perpetrated by women, particularly attractive women, get far more media attention.
The best predictor of a woman's involvement in terrorism, whether it's a secular or religious group, is a relationship with a terrorist: her father, brother, husband or even her son. Terrorism becomes a bit of a family business.
The issue of motherhood is no longer salient. In fact, the very first female bomber for Hamas posed in her last will and testament video with her two kids.
Women are secretaries of state and prime ministers - but people still don't expect women to be involved in violence.
When I was in Sri Lanka with the [Tamil] Tigers, there were editorials in the paper saying that soldiers really had to stop raping Tamil women at checkpoints because they were just creating more operatives. The [Tigers] were cognizant of this and exploited it: "Don't be a victim, join the movement.
Misuse of the Koran to provide legitimacy for violence is common, particularly in Europe, where terrorists tend not to be well-educated Muslims.
We can have peace, but if we continue to hold out, we can obtain more.
The three branches of government number considerably more than three and are not, in any sense, 'branches' since that would imply that there is something they are all attached to besides self-aggrandizement and our pocketbooks. . . . Government is not a machine with parts; it's an organism. When does an intestine quit being an intestine and start becoming an asshole?
It is what makes the reform process an art, not just a science. You have to develop a strategy that tells you what reform measures you should follow and in what sequence.
All the remedies for all the types of conflicts are alike in that they begin by finding the facts rather than by starting a fight.