The absence of alternatives clears the mind marvelously.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

The Russian empire under czars and commissars has been hard to deal with for other countries.

China had never had to deal in a world of countries of approximately equal strength, and so to adjust to such a world, is in itself a profound challenge to China, which now has fourteen countries on its borders, some of which are small, but can project their nationality into China, some of which are large, and historically significant, so that any attempt by Chinese to dominate the world, would involve in a disastrous for the peace of the world.

The important thing is to do the right thing. Then credibility will follow.

Well, the capacity of French intellectuals to understand a Texan way of thinking is finite.

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.