"The rise of China as a new power is another great challenge for the US. Our failure to properly handle Germany and Japan earlier in the 20th century cost us and the world dearly. We must not make this same mistake with China."

"The Chinese government is quickly losing its ideological legitimacy, maintain its rule with force, but cannot draw strength from the ideology of Marx and Mao."

"Our failure to properly deal with Germany and Japan early cost the world dearly later on. We dare not make the same mistake with China."

"There is something fundamentally unfair about a government that takes away so much of people's money, power, and personal control while telling them that life will be better as a result."

"To start with, for example this year, 2004, is the bicentennial of Haitian independence."

"Since achieving their independence in 1992, the people of Croatia have built a democratic society based on the rule of law, respect for human rights, and a free market economy."

"Too much freedom can lead to the soul's decay."

"I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave."