The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
We have a chance to wind down and expedite the removal of 96 percent of the world's nuclear weapons. What an achievement it would be, if at the end of the next administration, we could say that the nuclear arsenals of both Russia and the United States had been reduced to the barest minimums.
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

