To call the American role in the world imperial was, for many who did so, a way of asserting that the United States was misusing its power beyond its borders and, in so doing, subverting its founding political principles within them.

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.

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

If architecture is, as is sometimes said, music set in concrete, then football and basketball may be said to be creativity embodied in team sports.

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.

Great wars can only be fought by great powers.