The fundamental strategic question is: What will we not permit, no matter how it happens, no matter how legitimate it looks?

On composure

To fear the world we have organized and led for three-quarters of a century, to abandon the ideals we have advanced around the globe, to refuse the obligations of international leadership and our duty to remain ‘the last best hope of Earth’ for the sake of some half-baked, spurious nationalism cooked up by people who would rather find scapegoats than solve problems is as unpatriotic as an attachment to any other tired dogma of the past that Americans consigned to the ash heap of history.

Today, we celebrate our gay pride.

It is impossible to put up forever with this boorishness toward our country.

We could become a failed state.

It’s the worst humanitarian and human rights crisis in a decade, when both sides have committed serious crimes.

We must actively look for measures to secure our military’s own forces to deter and effectively deal with North Korea’s nuclear threats.

Whoever believes the problems of this world can be solved by isolationism and protectionism is making a tremendous error.