Henry Kissinger

My basic point is that we can maintain a favorable balance of power, but we must couple it with a political structure in which the issue of war and peace can be used as a diplomatic as well as a military expression.

One cannot accept the notion that Russia has a right to alter the shape of the Ukraine by its own unilateral position.

if order cannot be achieved by consensus or imposed by force, it will be wrought at disastrous and dehumanizing cost, from the experience of chaos.

Resettlement initiatives help advance U.S. national security interests by supporting the stability of our allies and partners that are struggling to host large numbers of refugees.

Ultimate excellence lies not in winning every battle, but in defeating the enemy without ever fighting.

This is the most volatile and complex period since World War II.

The United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the Second World War.

We are currently speaking loudly about Chinese incursions in the South China Sea, the Russian Navy incursions, and yet we are carrying an ever-smaller stick.

We have allowed inattention over 20 years to the structure, the practices, the bureaucracy of the Department of Defense that it has become so dysfunctional.

History doesn't repeat itself but it rhymes.

The United States has not faced a more diverse and complex array of crises since the end of the second World War.

I believe that we have to be very firm in insisting on carrying out these agreements.