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.

The American temptation is to believe that foreign policy is a subdivision of psychiatry.

America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a visionary and an educator.

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.