In the period after the Second World War, there were still leaders in Europe who represented weak countries, but possessed a sense of global foreign policy. Nowadays, on the other hand, there are politicians who represent pretty powerful countries, but whose citizens are not prepared to sacrifice themselves for the state.

We are all the President's men.

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.

Committees are consumers and sometimes sterilizers of ideas, rarely creators of them.

There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.

It is not a matter of what is true that counts, but a matter of what is perceived to be true.

The Russian people, at least the ones I know, have pride in being a Russian. And, therefore, they want to be taken seriously in international affairs.