106 Quotes by Robert C. O'Brien

As it seeks to rule the seas once again, China desires tangible symbols of its past as a naval power. Finding a sunken Chinese ship or coins in Kenyan waters would be powerful in this regard.

China's rapid inroads into Africa are made possible by a combination of Chinese money and a willingness by Beijing to deal with some of the world's most unsavory leaders and human rights abusers like Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe and Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir in the Sudan.

The United States always maintains the right to self-defense.

You know, the Chinese don't have a democracy, they don't share our values.

The prospect of an Africa dominated by China means that progress in human rights and democracy in the region will stall and could be reversed.

The United States does not carry baggage from a colonial past as do European countries.

We want to have a great relationship with the Chinese, we want a great relationship with the Russians.

The Cold War practice of garrisoning large numbers of troops with their families on massive bases in places like Germany is now, in part, obsolete.

Well, free elections are the foundation of our democracy.