Georges Clemenceau

War is a series of catastrophes that results in a victory.

War is too serious a matter to entrust to military men.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace an interlude during war.

By pouring money and goods into devastated regions, foreign aid workers sometimes compound the disruption and debauch the survivors.

Secretary Clinton has dramatically changed the face of U.S. foreign policy globally for the good. But I wish she had been unleashed more by the White House.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.