All policy is a matter of gains and losses, upsides and downsides.

The war on terror, I believe, will be waged by effective intelligence and police work and cruise missiles.

One thing worse than an America that is too strong, the world will learn, is an America that is too weak.

American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.

People do not change when you tell them they should; they change when they tell themselves they must.

The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.

The main division in the world is between democratic and undemocratic countries.