I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.

The test of policy is how it ends, not how it begins. Foreign policy is the art of establishing priorities. Demonization is not a policy; it is an alibi for the absence of one. The test is not absolute satisfaction but balanced dissatisfaction.

I knew Deng Xiaoping when he came out of prison. He had, after all, been imprisoned for nearly ten years by Mao. I know what China looked like before he took over, and so in my own mind, I don't think of Deng Xiaoping as an oppressor. I think of somebody who, faced with that crisis, made a very painful and decision with which I cannot agree. But I also think of him as a great reformer.

How to Achieve The New World Order

One has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership.

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

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.