Quotes from Robert C. O'Brien

I say, why start from nothing if you can start with everything? We've already got a civilization.' 'No. We haven't. We're just living on the edge of someone else's, like fleas on a dog's back. If the dog drowns, the fleas drown, too.

and all the strange rats we saw looked, to us, surprisingly weak and puny. So we were set apart from even our own kind.

all winter, far into the night, we read books and we practised writing. 20.

One of these days, one of these years, the tree will fall, and when it does, if I am still alive, I will fall with it.

Mrs Frisby could not bear to watch; and yet, even more, she could not bear not to watch. She

Whereas the U.S. views its naval role in the Pacific as a force for keeping the seas free for navigation by all, China sees things quite differently.

For those Muslim Chinese not in camps, Xinjiang is a surveillance state. Millions of artificial-intelligence-powered cameras use facial- and gait-recognition technologies to monitor individuals, Internet activity is closely tracked and DNA samples are collected.

While the statutory members of the NSC, in some cases, run departments that execute foreign policy, the NSC staff at the White House was intended to coordinate policy rather than run it.

There are areas where we have common interests with the Chinese or the Russians and where we have common interests fighting terrorism, seeking to limit the D.P.R.K. nuclear and ballistic missile program. We'll work very closely with them, there are opportunities for trade with those countries.

Under Mr. Trump's leadership, America continues to lead the free world.

We are not a country where a bunch of lieutenant colonels can get together and decide what the policy is of the United States.

President Trump has rebuilt the American military to an extent we haven't seen since Ronald Reagan.

When foreign governments hold Americans they always claim it's a criminal case.

I never wanted Mark Esper's job. I just wanted to see Mark Esper succeed and do a great job as secretary of Defense.

In fact, the CCP's ideological agenda extends far beyond the country's borders and represents a threat to the idea of democracy itself, including in the United States.

China, Russia, Iran and other adversaries each pose a threat to our elections, and the Trump administration seeks to counter all of those threats in a serious, professional and apolitical fashion.

Under communism, individuals are merely a means to be used toward the achievement of the ends of the collective nation-state. Thus, individuals can be easily sacrificed for the nation-state's goals.

President Trump knows that peace comes through strength. Accordingly, his administration has embarked upon a historic rebuilding of the U.S. military.

Thousands of dedicated men and women in the intelligence community and law enforcement are working tirelessly to prevent the subversion of our democratic processes by Beijing, Moscow and Tehran.

Since taking office, President Trump has repeatedly demonstrated that bringing Americans home is a top priority for his administration. The president and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo understand the terrible toll terrorist networks and pariah states like Iran take on our American hostages and their families.

President Trump has made good on that pledge by fighting anti-Semitism at home and abroad and by standing shoulder to shoulder with Israel, the historical homeland and refuge for the Jewish people.

Iran has pursued a deliberate policy of kidnapping and unjustly detaining innocent Americans since the very beginning of its revolutionary regime.

President Trump's diplomacy and economic investment demonstrates America's commitment to building a prosperous, safe and democratic Western Hemisphere. Those policies are good for the region and they are good for the United States.

A strong believer in the importance of cooperation in the hemisphere, President Trump has made engagement with regional leaders a top priority.