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

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

I don't think the Chinese look out at the world and want to overturn the system.

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

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

For most of mankind, the average person knew what was happening in his own village and the next one, and nothing beyond that, and he didn't care, so that leaders were able to guide their countries almost irrespective of what people really thought because they weren't involved in it. Now, everybody knows what's happening instantaneously.

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.