We have never recognized that Iran lives in a dangerous neighborhood. And it's not surprising that they want some protection. We have not been forthcoming about explaining a security relationship for the region, in which Iran can feel secure and thus maybe willing to do something.

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

A colossal event is upon us, the birth of a New World Order.

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.

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.