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

It is, after all, the responsibility of the expert to operate the familiar and that of the leader to transcend it.

Leaders are responsible not for running public opinion polls but for the consequences of their actions.

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

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.

I think China will do nothing to obstruct it, and they probably will go along with it.

One thing I don't want around me is a military intellectual. I don't have to worry about you on that score.