Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.

I like the life of ideas and applying ideas to action.

The minute you start talking about what you're going to do if you lose, you have lost.

The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.

Open political and economic systems have been gaining ground and there's a good reason for it. They work better.

We have struggled with terrorism for a long time. In the Reagan administration, I was a hawk on the subject. I said terrorism is a big problem, a different problem, and we have to take forceful action against it. Fortunately, Ronald Reagan agreed with me, but not many others did.