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 above all, what we need with Iran is patience.

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

The radical elements in Islam are very dangerous. They want to achieve a return to the Islamic purity of the Middle Ages.

The art of diplomacy is to take an opportunity and turn it into something.

If you look back at the first Gulf war, the Arabs sent forces, they sent money. So their interests in Iraq are clear, but they're nowhere to be seen now. Why? Because right now, it's dangerous to be seen as supporting the United States.

The Russians are not going to do what we want them to do because we want them to do it.