I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy; power is enough. Only the weak rely on diplomacy. The Roman Empire had no need for diplomacy. Nor does the United States.

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide.

Democracy is an objective. Democratization is a process. Democratization serves the cause of peace because it offers the possibility of justice and of progressive change without force.

We were not realizing that, with just a machete, you can do a genocide.

I used to say I never talk about my successor, neither about my predecessor.

The next war in the Middle East will be fought over water, not politics