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.

Iraq has to be made an international, and not just a national American problem.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.

We are doomed to coexist.

Oil is much too important a commodity to be left in the hands of the Arabs.

You become a superpower by being strong but also by being wise and by being farsighted. But no state is strong or wise enough to create a world order alone.