While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other?

I don't have a brief for every single reaction of Israel, but I think it is important that the political negotiations occur free of the threat of terrorism.

It is an act of insanity and national humiliation to have a law prohibiting the President from ordering assassination.

Access to natural resources can become a question of survival for many states.

If a Chinese plane landed at Los Angeles Airport having just bought down an American military plane, he wouldn't be permitted to leave the next day. So then we developed a framework which should have been acceptable as a concept to the Chinese, namely to express regret for the loss of life and maintain our position that we had a right to fly these missions.

The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.