I know Hillary Clinton as a person. And as a personal friend, I would say yes, she'd be a good president. But she'd put me under a great conflict of interest if she were a candidate because I intend to support the Republicans.

I don't think we should pay people to fight terrorism. I would be amazed if they asked for anything in return.

A bluff taken seriously is more useful than a serious threat interpreted as a bluff.

The Vietnam War required us to emphasize the national interest rather than abstract principles. What President Nixon and I tried to do was unnatural. And that is why we didn't make it.

One has to remember that every progress that has been made towards peace in the Middle East has come under American leadership.

He [Deng Xiaoping] said that he did not understand why we failed to grasp that the alternative was not democracy, but total chaos and risking all the reforms that had been achieved.

We are doomed to coexist.