Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by responsibility or made free by it; whether he is moved by other people and outer forces or moves them - this is of the essence of leadership.

If you go back through 2000 years, I guess luck, Marx, and God have made history, the three of them together.

The American dream is not over. America is an adventure.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

I happen to think that American politics is one of the noblest arts of mankind; and I cannot do anything else but write about it.

Quality in a classical Greek sense is how to live with grace and intelligence, with bravery and mercy.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city of hills and mists, of grays and lavenders, two rivers shaping it to a point and the cliff rising above me like a challenge.