I think an appeal to American idealism and willingness to sacrifice would be an important contribution, because what is happening now in many countries, not yet in the United States, but in many European countries, it's the inability of government to ask for sacrifices of its people.

Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts.

The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.

I would have said, before the World Trade Center events, that he would try to get a normal relationship with China - making clear to China what the limits are of what America can accept, but also showing understanding for some of Chinese necessities. I thought he was moving towards the position that I have more or less advocated.

Our nation is uniquely endowed to play a creative and decisive role in the new order which is taking form around us.

Certainly nothing is easier than to rewrite history. If we had made Taiwan a separate state, it would have led to a fundamental conflict with China, and probably to war. Certainly in the long term, it would have led to war.

An expert is someone who articulates the needs of those in power.