When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me never to get mad, except on purpose.
Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don’t stop at a nation’s borders.
One always wonders about roads not taken.
We see considerable strain in Russia, and that’s obviously a matter of concern to us. It’s in the very strong self-interest of Russia to continue on the reform path.
Only two countries in this hemisphere are not democratic, but many countries in both Central and South America, and in the Caribbean, are really fragile democracies.
I’m very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that I’m worried about, I try to have a single person who is basically the key person in that area.
I’m very skeptical about the good intentions of Milosevic.
It’s been President Clinton’s dream that we’ll have finally a fully integrated Europe.
It’s very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I’ve tried to follow that advice.