We must find out where the roots of terrorism lie.

Much of what we know about mathematics and trade comes from the Arabs. Then came stagnation, and now they're the West's whipping boy. This is a problem that cannot be solved overnight, and certainly not militarily.

It's not for nothing that the Iranians are known as rug merchants. They are.

Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.

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

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

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.