“Through our own hard work and ingenuity, America has spent much of its...” — Evan Bayh Quote

“Through our own hard work and ingenuity, America has spent much of its history as the world's dominant economic power. But our dominance is not pre-ordained - history does not roll along on the wheels of inevitability.”

“China's island-building in the South China Sea poses a threat to U.S. national security interests in the region.”

“Every once in a while, an election comes along, and who you are and what you believe gets subsumed in a larger tide. It just happens.”

“After 9/11, the U.S. seemed vulnerable for the first time in a long time. We were no longer the superpower that no other country could touch. I thought, 'When and how did that dominance begin?'”

“Germany is in favor of integration precisely because we don't want dominance.”

“The NSA's business is 'information dominance,' the use of other people's secrets to shape events.”