Many more people in the world are concerned about sports than human rights.

Nationalism is a central ideology for people who are trying to establish their own states in which they can play a dominant role.

I think it's hard to talk about the Muslim world and Christian world as blocks.

It will take a long time, and certainly the West will remain the dominant civilization well into the next century, but the decline is occurring.

Expectations should not always be taken as reality; because you never know when you will be disappointed.

It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?

I think we can expect leaders of Muslim societies to cooperate with each other on many issues just as Western societies cooperate with each other.