Let me remind you all that the first task of American foreign policy is to reduce threats to the United States.

The American empire will not disappear... because America does not have an empire.

Football is controlled violence, but it is violence, which people have loved to watch since the gladiatorial contests in ancient Rome.

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

In the past when a country became as powerful as the United States, other countries would band together to clip its wings. But that isn't happening now and I don't think it's not going to happen, because other countries are not threatened by us, and they secretly appreciate the services that we provide, even if they don't usually say so.

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

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