There's a difference between solitude and loneliness. I can understand the concept of being a monk for a while.
“I have no desire to take all black people back to Africa; there are blacks who are no good here and will likewise be no good there.”
“We have exhausted all of our diplomatic effort to get the Iraqis to comply with their own agreements and with international law. Given that... we have got to force them to comply, and we are doing so militarily.”