Cultural Constraints Condition And Limit Our Choices,

The Speed With Which Armies Collapse, Bureaucracies Abdicate, And Social Structures Dissolve Once The Autocrat Is Removed Frequently Surprises American Policy Makers.

History Is A Better Guide Than Good Intentions.

The Real Point Is That Totalitarian Regimes Have Claimed Jurisdiction Over The Whole Person, And The Whole Society, And They Don't At All Believe That We Should Give Unto Caesar That Which Is Caesar's And Unto God That Which Is God's.

I Always Assume That Democracy Is The Only Good Form Of Government, Quite Frankly, And Democracy Is Always To Be Preferred

[the American Position At The Un Is] Essentially Impotent, Without Influence, Heavily Outvoted, And Isolated.