It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

The challenge is whether China as a rising country, the United States as the superpower, can develop a cooperative relationship in this period before nationalism becomes so dominant in China as a substitute for communism, and a kind of self-righteous isolationism in this country that substitutes China for the Soviet Union.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Every American president, regardless of party, has said that America has an intense interest in a peaceful resolution. And I think it should be left at that.

China is a country with a record of continuous self-government going back 4,000 years, the only society that has achieved this. One must start with the assumption that they must have learnt something about the requirements for survival, and it is not always to be assumed that we know it better than they do.

Any fact that needs to be disclosed should be put out now or as quickly as possible, because otherwise the bleeding will not end.

I don't consider China a communist state, no. I know that sounds paradoxical, but it's my view.