Foreign policy is like hitting a baseball: if you fail 70 percent of the time, you go to the Hall of Fame.

The thing that I would say is that U.S. power is not eternal. I am not saying that it won't come to an end. Because it will.

Obviously the administration intends to publicize all the weapons of mass destruction U.S. forces find - and there will be plenty.

I think most Americans believe that although it's better not to use military force if you can avoid it, that the world simply doesn't provide us the luxury of giving away military force as an important tool of foreign policy.

When you have a hammer, all problems start to look like nails.

I believe it is still true that conflicts among major powers usually stem from geopolitical rivalries but rarely from economic competition.

I left Russia in 1993 optimistic that democracy had taken hold despite the obstacles.