When it came to demography, the German debate oriented itself very much on the past. And our Nazi past had loaded the topic with terms like race research, race ideology and that's why there was a great reluctance to even deal with the issue after World War II.

We look forward to having a debate about past experience and ideas for the future.

We look forward to a substantive debate about our past experiences and a vision for the future.

Our parties and Presidential candidates must find ways to differ without being destructive, to debate without demonizing, to put our national interest ahead of special interests, to take the long view rather than the most politically expedient short-term view, to rise above partisan politics to put America first.

The dividing question in the debate is not do we do something, but whatever we do, do we do it alone?

I don't debate with liars.