Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West.

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Our concern for human rights comes to the fore when there are gross violations of human decencies. Then other countries, including China, must recognize that this affects the American attitude towards their country. But towards what precise institutions will it evolve? I think we ought to leave something to history.

The nuclear weapons were not useful for the achievement of political objectives.

Control oil and you control nations; control food and you control the people.

Now when I bore people at a party they think it's their fault.

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