I think the West is in a low point we haven't seen since the 1930s.

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that.

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

Ronald Reagan reached out to Gorbachev. At the same time, we were pushing back against the Soviets all over the world. He was able to do two things at once, and it worked out very well for us.

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.

Hadn't another wise man, the Buddha himself, warned about the evils of attachment?

When you are facing the wilderness on your own, you have a totally different attitude to someone who works in government or who has a monthly cheque.

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates.

When you do something just because it is needed, you involve yourself totally without it meaning anything to you, then action becomes liberating.

Making checklists of things you're looking for in a person is the numero uno thing you can do to guarantee you'll be alone forever.

For the first seven years of my life, I listened to nothing but The Beatles.

No one gets out of the game of life alive. You either die in the bleachers, or on the field. So, you might as well play out on the field, and go for it.

I count myself fortunate to be able to participate in the life of science in this era.

We shall fight in parking lots, we shall fight in empty fields and on wide streets, we shall never surrender.

You can see a lot just by observing.