The meeting was more formal than what we'd hoped for. This is a busy time of year for everybody, and there needs to be some flexibility.

This is not showing good faith, if the intent is to drag it out.

I just want to get back on the court one more time. If that's for 10 seconds or 10 minutes, then that's what I'm going to do. I'll be suited up and I'll be out there, I just don't know how long. It could be very short though.

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time.

There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

No military timetable should compel war when a successful outcome, namely a disarmed Iraq may be feasible without war, for example by allowing more time to the UN inspectors.