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The congressional role in declaring war is especially important not when the United States is the victim of an attack, but when the United States is planning to wage war abroad. ”

The future is inherently full of discontinuities, and lessons of the past must be applied with enormous caution. ”

The mullahs are part of the past in Iran, not its future. But change in Iran will come through engagement, not through confrontation. ”

If we end up with war in Iraq, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran at the same time, can anyone see a more damaging prospect for America's world role than that? ”

The legitimacy of the leadership depends on what that country thinks of its leaders. ”

Peace between Israel and Palestine would be a giant step toward greater regional stability, and it would finally let both Israelis and Palestinians benefit from the Middle East's growing wealth. ”

It is important to ask ourselves, as citizens, whether a world power can provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety. ”

I think it is important to ask ourselves as citizens, not as Democrats attacking the administration, but as citizens, whether a world power can really provide global leadership on the basis of fear and anxiety? ”

A president who aspires to be recognized as a global leader should not personally stake out a foreign-policy goal, commit himself eloquently to its attainment, and then yield the ground when confronted by firm opposition. ”

The Sino-American competition involves two significant realities that distinguish it from the Cold War: neither party is excessively ideological in its orientation; and both parties recognize that they really need mutual accommodation. ”