There are those who never stretch out the hand for fear it will be bitten. But those who never stretch out the hand will never feel it clasped in friendship.
You can't wield a handbag from an empty chair.
The market has no morality
One has to live with the ignominy of a garish sticker slapped over one's face, proclaiming '?
In the end leaders are leaders. They get the credit and they get the blame.
The two super-powers cannot divide the world into their oyster.