Suffering Breeds Character. Character Breeds

I'm A Third World Person. I Grew Up In An Occupied Zone [greenville, South Carolina] And Had To Negotiate With The Superpower, Really The Colonial Power.

The Invasion Only Made Matters Worse. The Occupation Will Not Work, Iraq Is Unoccupiable, That Will Not Work.

Leadership Has A Harder Job To Do Than Just Choose Sides. It Must Bring Sides Together.

When I Was A Boy We Were Poor And We Had To Make Do With What We Had. So My Grandma Used To Make Us Quits That We Used For Blankets. She Couldn't Afford To Go To The Store And Buy A Blanket -- So She'd Take Scraps Of Cloth And Sew Them Together. There'd Be Different Colors And Different Patterns And Different Types Of Cloth -- But They All Went Together To Make That Big Quilt To Keep Us Warm.

I Was Extended Secret Service Protection During My Presidential Run In 1984, When I Received The Most Death Threats Ever Made Toward A Candidate.