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Just As The Security Council Was Largely Irrelevant To The Great Struggle Of The Last Half Of The Twentieth Century - Freedom Against Communism - So Too It Is Largely On The Sidelines In Our Contemporary Struggles Against International Terrorism And The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

You Have To Negotiate From Positions Of Strength. And Right Now With Iran, We're Not Negotiating From A Position Of Strength. The Europeans Are Negotiating From The Position Of "please Give Up Your Nuclear Weapons Program, And By The Way If You Do We'll Give You Several Boatloads Of Carrots." The Iranians Are Quite Willing To Keep On Negotiating On That Line For A Long Time.

My Priority Is To Give The United States The Kind Of Influence It Should Have.

I Haven't Given Up On The Possibility That Sweet Reason Will Prevail.

As You Know, I Have Over The Years Written Critically About The U.n. I Have Consistently Stressed In My Writings That American Leadership Is Critical To The Success Of The U.n., An Effective U.n., One That Is True To The Original Intent Of Its Charter's Framers.