History is the memory of States.

Intelligence is not all that important in the exercise of power, and is often, in point of fact, useless.

I believe in freedom of expression, and I believe that societies thrive when they permit freedom of expression.

Military men are just dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns in foreign policy.

The essence of Richard Nixon is loneliness.

Why should we flagellate ourselves for what the Cambodians did to each other?

Realism in foreign policy is made up of a clear set of values, since difficult foreign policy decisions are often decided with the narrowest of majorities. Without any sense of what is right and wrong, one would drown in a flood of difficult and pragmatic decisions.