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.

We are all the President's men.

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

I don't read books, I write them.

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

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 don't think that that's a desirable option for us. Besides, it wouldn't work, because there are too many other countries that are willing to work economically with China. But I don't think the basic relationship depends on economics. It depends on a political understanding of what is required for peace in Asia.