List of Lee H. Hamilton Quotes

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.

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.

China's Ability To Deliver Nuclear Warheads On American Cities Is Expanding.

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.

A Likely Source For Terrorists Seeking To Buy Or Steal Nuclear Materials Is The Former Soviet Union.

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.

For Decades The American People Have Had An Addiction To Oil And Gas.

Putting Together A Counter- Terrorism Policy, It's Very Easy To Look At Law Enforcement Or Defense, Military Action Or Stopping The Money Flows Or Whatever, But The Really Difficult Part Is Integrating All Aspects Of The Policy, And I Think She Put A Lot Of Emphasis On That.

Protecting Americans From Nuclear Terrorism Rises Above Politics.

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.

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.

So Much Of Our Attention Is Trained On The Middle East These Days, But We Cannot Ignore East Asia.