Access to natural resources can become a question of survival for many states.

Becoming conscious is of course a sacrilege against nature; it is as though you had robbed the unconscious of something. The nice thing about being a celebrity is that if you bore people they think it's their fault.

The real distinction is between those who adapt their purposes to reality and those who seek to mold reality in the light of their purposes.

I do not know what will happen in China politically. I do know that it is impossible to maintain the communist system or probably even a strict one-party system when the economy becomes so pluralistic. Now, what form that takes and what institutions will evolve, I do not have a clear view about. I do not think the United States, as a general principle, ought to intervene in this.

I also do not believe that the United States can let itself be driven into a political role by escalating terrorism, and therefore, the leaders of the Arab world and Arafat should do their utmost to put an end to this and then the United States should do its utmost to produce a political solution.

Who controls the food supply controls the people; who controls the energy can control whole continents; who controls money can control the world.

Henceforth the adequacy of any military establishment will be tested by its ability to preserve the peace.