Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.

I have said there are three principles that should be followed. One, we should maintain the "one China" policy that every American president has articulated, including President Reagan. Secondly, we should make clear that we want a peaceful resolution. And three, Taiwan should not challenge that arrangement in a way that will provoke a conflict. Those are three perfectly clear principles. I haven't used any of the other slogans.

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.

I have always expressed respect for those people who make public declarations.

Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God.

In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.