[The New World Order] cannot happen without U.S. participation, as we are the most significant single component. Yes, there will be a New World Order, and it will force the United States to change it's perceptions.

We cannot always assure the future of our friends; we have a better chance of assuring our future if we remember who our friends are.

He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved.

I believe it is a mistake to isolate arms control from other areas of policy.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

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

The American formal position has been that we oppose violence by governments against their people. That principle should not be abandoned.