Administration has managed the extraordinary feat of having, at one and the same time, the worst relations with our allies, the worst relations with our adversaries, and the most serious upheavals in the developing world since the end of the Second World War.

Countries do not assume burdens because it is fair, only because it is necessary.

I grew up as a discriminated minority in a dictatorship, so obviously the issue of human rights is a matter of concern for me.

I wouldn't say it's a split. It's a difference of emphasis. It does exist between, I would say, the State Department and the Defense Department.

Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

Covert action should not be confused with missionary work.

Every success is usually an admission ticket to a new set of decisions.