The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to surrender, but Germany also lost both wars.

In the anarchic world of international politics, it is better to be Godzilla than Bambi.

States care about relative wealth, because economic might is the foundation of military might.

The sad fact is that international politics has always been a ruthless and dangerous business, and it is likely to remain that way.

Simply put, the most powerful state is the one that prevails in a dispute.

A state's potential power is based on the size of its population and the level of its wealth.

Offensive realism predicts that the United States will send its army across the Atlantic when there is a potential hegemon in Europe that the local great powers cannot contain by themselves.

Decapitation is a fanciful strategy.

China, in short has the potential to be considerably more powerful than even the United States.

States have two kinds of power: latent power and military power.

Bandwagoning is a strategy for the weak.

I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream.

You get what you focus on. What we see ahead impacts the actions we take right now. How we live and lead is directly connected to what we see.

Your behavior is the testimony of your character.

Unresolved issues from childhood revisit us in adulthood.

I am an atheist (or at best a Unitarian who winds up in church quite a lot).

The image is an image.

I was very concerned that President Bush is still trying to frighten or scare the American people with respect to the condition of the Social Security system.

It is always more fun to play a bad guy than to be yourself as you can create a character unlike your own and be someone you are not for a change.

And I discovered after a couple years that I really didn't miss making movies.

What you do as president has consequences.