Quotes from Graham T. Allison

And I hope that we can learn the lessons of the past in looking at the current challenge that China poses to a ruling America.

There are two great tragedies in life: one is to fail to achieve one's grandest ambitions, and the other one is to succeed.

This may play well in certain extreme right- and left-wing political circles. But such unrest exacts a huge price on U.S. credibility abroad in all the challenging arenas summarized here, and in others yet to emerge. Political cannibalism at home will severely undercut the authority and credibility of America's role in the world. It will exacerbate U.S. efforts to manage a range of existing security issues and new ones yet unimagined.