No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

A leader who confines his role to his people's experience dooms himself to stagnation; a leader who outstrips his people's experience runs the risk of not being understood.

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

The enemies you make by taking a decided stand generally have more respect for you than the friends you make by being on the fence

Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us.

I don't read books, I write them.

I see the future of China as growth. I think that historically China has often gone through periods of consolidation, and then periods of sort of weakening central authority. They undoubtedly face tremendous challenges.