Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Iraq has to be made an international, and not just a national American problem.

The position is that stability and peace in Asia depend on a cooperative relationship between China and the United States.

I don't see why we need to stand by and watch a country go communist due to the irresponsibility of its own people.

Americans believe that you can alter people by conversion, and that everybody in the world is a potential American. The Chinese also believe that their values are universal, but they do not believe that you can convert to becoming a Chinese unless you are born into it.

The idea of abstract power only exists for academics, not in real life.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.