You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.

The defining issue is that the government in Taiwan was considered to be the government of all of China, and the authorities in Beijing were not recognized as a government of China. So Taiwan was the residuary for all of China.

The convictions that leaders have formed before reaching high office are the intellectual capital they will consume as long as they continue in office.

In crises the most daring course is often safest.

In a diplomatic negotiation, you always meet the same the other side all the time. Even if you should succeed in outsmarting him or in pressuring him, it only sets up a cycle in which he will try to get even.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

What we in America call terrorists are really groups of people that reject the international system