The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

Would food be considered an instrument of national power? ... Is the U.S. prepared to accept food rationing to help people who can't/won't control their population growth?

Statesmen think in terms of history and view society as an organism. Prophets are different since they believe absolute aims can be achieved in the foreseeable future. More people have been killed by crusaders than by statesmen.

You're 18 points down [in the polls]... You might as well do what's right.

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

In relations with many domestically weak countries, a radio transmitter can be a more effective form of pressure than a squadron B-52s.

The US must carry out some act somewhere in the world which shows its determination to continue to be a world power.