“To be sure, many of the Sykes-Picot borders reflected deals cut in Eur...” — Richard N. Haass Quote

“To be sure, many of the Sykes-Picot borders reflected deals cut in Europe rather than local demographic or historical realities. But that hardly makes the Middle East unique: Most borders around the world owe their legacy less to thoughtful design or popular choice than to some mixture of violence, ambition, geography, and chance.”

“There's a pattern in Bush 43's presidency of being attracted to the big and the bold, and my whole reading of him is that he was instinctively uncomfortable with what you might call a modulated foreign policy - a foreign policy of adjustment, of degree.”

“There is no question that we must do more to secure our borders - but how we go about securing them is also important.”

“States that promote liberal hegemony invariably damage the fabric of liberalism inside their own borders.”

“Rising leftists openly call for open borders and seek to erase the distinction between citizens and non-citizens. I tell you what, if you erase our borders, you erase our country.”