The United States doesn't do what it does in the world for altruistic reasons. Nobody set out to be the world's government.

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

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

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

The American political system is so porous, it's so open, it's so frustrating for those who are trying to make policy.

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.

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