 Aid can work where there is good governance, and usually fails where governments are unable or unwilling to commit aid to improve the lives of their people. |
| One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience. |
| Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered. |
| Now the difficulty with those warnings is that they were not specific. |
| Protecting Americans from nuclear terrorism rises above politics. |
| A likely source for terrorists seeking to buy or steal nuclear materials is the former Soviet Union. |
| When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics. |
| The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems. |
| So much of our attention is trained on the Middle East these days, but we cannot ignore East Asia. |
| You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence. |
| Democracy fascinates me. |
| This nation is never finished. It has to be re-created in each generation. |
| President George W. Bush is the first American president to call openly for two-states, Israel and Palestine, living side by side in peace and security. |
| But despite this breathtaking pace, I believe in the capacity of our democracy to meet these challenges. |
| The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world. |
| Events often move faster than our ability to comprehend them. |
| Addressing global resentment cannot be put off. If we do not learn to use our predominant power with great restraint, we will antagonize the world. |
| U.S. officials and outside experts agree that China is undertaking a comprehensive modernization of its military. The Chinese military has gotten smaller but smarter. |
| We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency, and we should support countries that embrace market reforms, democracy, and the rule of law. |
| China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding. |
