Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West.

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.

You are almost not free, if you are teaching a group of graduate students, to become friends with one of them. I don't mean anything erotically charged, just a friendship.

Beware of allowing a tactless word, a rebuttal, a rejection to obliterate the whole sky

It's just like being a father; you got to show them love and you got to show them the path. I don't like this role-model stuff, though.

And finally, it was Deuteronomy that brought about the historical result of Josiah's reformation.

But you don't need to worry. The Lord will never let his mouthpiece lead the people astray.

It is much better to tempt fortune where it can favor you than to see your certain ruin by not tempting it.

It is not our comment on the Word that saves, but the Word itself.

Voyage, travel, and change of place impart vigor

Jewelry takes people's minds off your wrinkles.

Peter Beard is one of those people I've known a long time. We have an affinity. We share certain values.