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Hegemony is as old as mankind.
Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
In Iraq we must succeed. Failure is not an option.
We all have the right to comment about each other.
American power worldwide is at its historic zenith.
Moderation and bipartisan consensus go hand in hand.
America is the number one superpower today in the world.
History is much more the product of chaos than of conspiracy
The 'war on terror' has created a culture of fear in America.
Global stability - economic as well as political - is at risk.
Being a former first lady doesn't prepare you to be president.
I draw a very clear distinction between populism and democracy.
We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
Waging a colonial war in the post-colonial age is self-defeating.
There's no point considering something which is very unrealistic.
We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
It is axiomatic that the security of America and Europe are linked.
All the historical pretenders to global power originated in Eurasia.
America's victory in the Cold War was not without painful social costs.
Eurasia is home to most of the world's politically assertive and dynamic states.
I think it is essential that America does not stumble into a stupid war with Iran.
I never exploited my father’s role in helping Jews avoid the concentration camps...
The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders.
Terrorism cannot be isolated from its political, historical, and even social context.
Pessimism about America's future tends to underestimate its capacity for self-renewal.
Because you can't intervene everywhere, you don't conclude you can't intervene anywhere.
To increase the zone of peace is to build the inner core of a stable international zone.
The external Soviet empire lasted 45 years. It is shattered, beyond redemption or repair.
Today it is infinitely easier to kill one million people than to control one million people.
Let's face it: The Jewish community is the most active political community in American society.
We cannot have that relationship if we only dictate or threaten and condemn those who disagree.
The potential for regional conflict in the absence of an internationally active America is real.
If we can deter the Soviet Union, if we can deter North Korea, why on earth can't we deter Iran?
You know who's messianic? Netanyahu, because he talks that way. And that's a very risky position.
To resolve conflicts, excessive ambitions and one's own fears and aspirationis must be sacrificed.
The Israelis have a lot of influence with Congress, and in some cases they are able to buy influence.
We didn't push the Russians to intervene, but we knowingly increased the probability that they would.
Without Ukraine, Russia's imperial aspirations are essentially nostalgia, but it's not a real policy.
Because America is a democracy, public support for presidential foreign-policy decisions is essential.
We should seek to cooperate with Europe, not to divide Europe to a fictitious new and a fictitious old.
Neither the United States nor Israel has the capacity to impose a unilateral solution in the Middle East.
Hard power makes sense under some circumstances. But there's not a universal solution to global problems.
The first 'world' war was in reality the last European war fought by globally significant European powers.
Look: I don't want to live with a nuclear Iran. I would like to make it uncomfortable for them to seek it.
The security link between us and Europe is very important for European security but also for our security.
The Chinese are really good at diplomacy - and even at making their interlocutors feel very uncomfortable.
We can't have an intelligent foreign policy unless we have an intelligent public, because we're a democracy.
It is said that the West had a global policy in regard to Islam. That is stupid. There isn't a global Islam.
I'm all in favour of grand important speeches, but the president then has to link his sermons to a strategy.