I think above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

The Europeans must finally understand the incredible shock triggered by the attacks of September 11.

I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.

We believe we are creating the beginning of a new world order coming out of the collapse of the US-Soviet antagonisms.

I believe the Chinese are gradually realizing that they're dependent on the system that, as they run out of energy, for example, they have to reach out to foreign sources for energy, for raw materials. They have to reach out to the world for markets. They have to export. They have to maintain full employment. They've got a terrible population problem. So they need a stable world, in a way.

I think there's nothing more dangerous than mislearning lessons of history, and we do it perpetually.

Perhaps the most troubling area in the world goes from the Balkans through the Middle East and in Central Asia.