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

International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case, the domination of liberal free market principles of economics, democratic principles of politics, and a peaceful international system over other visions that other nations and peoples may have. It will last only as long as those who favor it retain the capacity to defend it.

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

Based on all criteria - military power, economic influence, cultural dominance - America remains number one, even though other, new players are increasingly challenging it in that role.

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

If a caterpillar doesn't know its future has wings, it hardly experiences itself as land-bound.

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