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

America is stronger than any state probably since the Roman Empire. But we can't do what used to be done with that kind of strength.

Saddam's ouster will not necessarily lead to the same result, since Iraq lacks democratic traditions. Democracy doesn't just consist of holding elections.

Since the days of Peter the Great, Russians have been maybe Europeans who didn't share in the enlightenment and the reformation, or are they Mongol Asians with the European veneer. And they've gone back and forth.

Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.

Who is the guarantor, if there is one, of a more stable world? It's the United States.

But, if you believe we should go around the world overturning regimes to make little United States, I don't agree with that, because I don't think we're capable of doing that.