“America has no permanent friends or enemies, only interests”
“In Geo-Politics, a nation has no permanent allies or permanent enemies, only permanent interests.”
“The life of the enemy . Whoever lives for the sake of combating an enemy has an interest in the enemy's staying alive.”
“Democracy is an excellent way of ensuring that nothing much gets done. There are always interests that might get trampled upon [and no elected politician would wish to make permanent enemies by trampling upon others' interests].”
“However, it has long been said that "my enemy's enemy is my friend.”
“America has an internal enemy more deadly than any terrorist -- it's called ignorance.”