Gran discorso di Bono all’Atlantic Council davanti a Clinton, Gates, Jones, McCain e i vertici militari degli Stati Uniti:
"America is not just a country; it’s an idea. Ireland is a great country.  I love it.  It’s been everything to me.  It’s not an idea.  This country is an idea and it’s a great idea.  So we fight, we argue, we bitch, we protest, we pontificate, we sound off like I am tonight because we know somewhere in our waters that this place is not just a country.  It’s an idea, a contagious thought; not just a physical landscape or a people defined by their borders".