I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.

I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

Left to its own devices, the State Department machinery tends toward inertia rather than creativity; it is always on the verge of turning itself into an enormous cable machine.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Moderation is a virtue only in those who are thought to have an alternative.

If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population.

I don't stand on protocol. Just call me your Excellency.