University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

You should not go to war for the privilege of withdrawal. You need to define your objective and the outcome, and it cannot be the removal of one man.

The longer I am out of office, the more infallible I appear to myself.

Power is the great aphrodisiac.

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

China is a one party state. Sooner or later China will get to the point when the new social classes, which have emerged thanks to economic success, will have to be integrated into the political system. There is no guarantee that this process will run smoothly.

Withdrawal of US troops will become like salted peanuts to the American public: The more US troops come home, the more will be demanded.