Business and politics have a wholesome and an unwholesome interface. You have to eliminate the unwholesome interface.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

In international relations, in foreign policy, a great deal has to do with historical circumstances, a great deal has to do with the sense and perception of people.

We can pretend that China is not there. But China is there, and unless we put our economy on the right track, it is going to overwhelm us completely.

If we send industrialists to jail, we would be discouraging investment.

You can't reorder any society from outside. You can help from within.

Generally, it is human endeavour to have young people lead, and you see that in public life in the U.S. and everywhere.