Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return.

Far too often the Ukrainian issue is posed as a showdown: whether Ukraine joins the East or the West. But if Ukraine is to survive and thrive, it must not be either side's outpost against the other - it should function as a bridge between them.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

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

I can think of no faster way to unite the American people behind George W. Bush than a terrorist attack on an American target overseas. And I believe George W. Bush will quickly unite the American people through his foreign policy.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.