The U.N. played a crucial role in preventing World War III. It created a diplomatic alternative to the use of force.

The biggest usefulness the U.N. had for the U.S. was the Korean War.

I think everybody, from liberal to conservative, recognizes there's something wrong. What we disagree about is what's wrong. What do we do about it? What do we think about? Can we actually have a genuine citizen public discussion about this?

It may simply be that New York is a state where there's more agreement that we're responsible for one another to some degree, and that may not be so strongly felt in other parts of the country.

Normally there are at least some questions where the students come from a direction that's pretty different from that of the Journal readers, and you'll notice that's not really true here.

In a way, she became a keeper of that part of the legacy.