“A turbulent history has taught Chinese leaders that not every problem has a solution and that too great an emphasis on total mastery over specific events could upset the harmony of the universe.”

“Every victory is only the price of admission to a more difficult problem”

“The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been. ”

“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”

“Don't be too ambitious. Do the most important thing you can think of doing every year and then your career will take care of itself.”

“Blessed are the people whose leaders can look destiny in the eye without flinching but also without attempting to play God”

“History is the memory of States.”