Well, the capacity of French intellectuals to understand a Texan way of thinking is finite.

We must learn to distinguish morality from moralizing.

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.

America has made it very clear in several administrations that if there is an attack by China on Taiwan, the United States is very likely to resist.

Statesman create; ordinary leaders consume. The ordinary leader is satisfied with ameliorating the environment, not transforming it; a statesman must be a visionary and an educator.

No country can act wisely simultaneously in every part of the globe at every moment of time.

The emergence of a unified Europe is one of the most revolutionary events of our time.