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.

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

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.

So this is why I'm always say happy that somebody mentions Rwanda, because behind Rwanda, we have Africa.

We must rid the world of the scourge of these agents of death and destruction