Competing pressures tempt one to believe that an issue deferred is a problem avoided; more often it is a crisis invited.

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.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

American politics are normally a result of pragmatic and not philosophical reasoning. No one in Washington has said we now prefer multilateralism.

If you do not know where you are going, every road will get you nowhere

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.