"The high probability is if American forces withdraw from Afghanistan and if no alternative internati..." — Henry Kissinger

I have spoken to Chinese leaders occasionally on human rights, but I've always done it in private.

I don't see the wisdom in modern politicians that I once saw in men like Dean Acheson, David Bruce, or George Marshall. In my day, the northeastern establishment dominated foreign policy formulation, but the composition and distribution of our population is very different today.

The tragedy of America is that it entered all the wars with a consensus in favor of them, but within a defined period, the legitimacy of the war became a major domestic issue, with some people arguing that withdrawal was the only legitimate objective.

Every first-term president has to learn something after he comes into office. Nobody can be completely ready for the inevitable crises.