I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.