Any international system must have two key elements for it to work. One, it has to have a certain equilibrium of power that makes overthrowing the system difficult and costly. Secondly, it has to have a sense of legitimacy.

In 10 years, there will be no more Israel.

I believe that without Watergate we would have had an extraordinary period of success with a strong Nixon and a still vital Brezhnev in power.

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.

Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

Behind the slogans lay an intellectual vacuum.

I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.