Every civilization that has ever existed has ultimately collapsed.

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.

Obama is like a chess player who is playing simultaneous chess and has opened his game with an unusual opening.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

The US must carry out some act somewhere in the world which shows its determination to continue to be a world power.

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.

If peace is equated simply with the absence of war, it can become abject pacifism that turns the world over to the most ruthless.