Hegemony Is As Old As Mankind.

The Political Awakening That Is Happening Worldwide Is A Major Challenge For America, Because It Means That The World Is Much More Restless. It's Stirring. It Has Aspirations Which Are Not Easily Satisfied. And If America Is To Lead, It Has To Relate Itself Somehow To These New, Lively, Intense Political Aspirations, Which Make Our Age So Different From Even The Recent Past.

There Is An Element Of Paranoia In This Inclination To View Any Serious Attempt At A Compromised Peace As Somehow Directed Against Israel.

The Fact Is That One Significant Way The Iranians Have A Posture Different From The North Koreans, The North Koreans Basically Are Saying We Have A Nuclear Program. We Are Seeking Weapons. We Have Produced Weapons. We're Proud Of The Fact That We Have Weapons.

One Has To Define Very Clearly What One's Objectives Are, Determine In Advance How Much One Is Prepared To Pay To Achieve That Objective And Then Act Accordingly.

Today It Is Infinitely Easier To Kill One Million People Than To Control One Million People.