Americans Usually Believe That Nothing Is Impossible.

There Are Sometimes Problems For Which There Is No Immediate Solution, And There Are Sometimes Problems For Which There Is No Solution.

If George Bush [jr.] Decided He Was Going To Turn The Troops Loose On Syria And Iran After That He Would Last In Office For About 15 Minutes. In Fact If President Bush Were To Try That Now Even I Would Think That He Ought To Be Impeached. You Can't Get Away With That Sort Of Thing In This Democracy.

One Nuclear War Is Going To Be The Last Nuclear - The Last War, Frankly, If It Really Gets Out Of Hand. And I Just Don't Think We Ought To Be Prepared To Accept That Sort Of Thing.

The Question Really Is How Do We Get Embassy Officers Into The Minds Of The American Business Community. That Is A Much More Difficult Task Than Understanding A Statistical Matrix.

Any Ambassador Or Foreign Service Officer Who Has His Or Her Head Screwed On Right Knows That The U.s. Position In The World Is Far More Dependent On Our Ability To Compete In World Markets.