The conventional army loses if it does not win. The guerrilla wins if he does not lose.

Diplomacy: the art of restraining power.

If you control the oil you control the country; if you control food, you control the population.

The security of Israel is a moral imperative for all free peoples.

What political leaders decide, intelligence services tend to seek to justify.

I have great respect for the Taiwanese. They have done an extraordinary job. But it was not a sustainable position to say that the legitimate government of China resides in Taiwan, which at that time didn't have much contact with the mainland.

Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially true if they were told that there were an outside threat from beyond, whether real or promulgated, that threatened our very existence. It is then that all peoples of the world will plead to deliver them from this evil. The one thing every man fears is the unknown. When presented with this scenario, individual rights will be willingly relinquished for the guarantee of their well-being granted to them by the World Government