“[But opponents contend there are other avenues of engagement.] Remember 1936 -- the Olympics held in Berlin, ... a wonderful Games and opportunity over there, but actually encouraged Hitler [and] Nazi Germany. We don't want to repeat that mistake.”
“We never wanted to do any business with the Soviet 'evil empire. We embargo Cuba, we don't trade with North Korea, but with China it's O.K. I just always argue, why is it? Why do we single out China?”
“In Russia there were gulags, in Germany they had concentration camps, and because of the silence of the international community a lot of people were killed there. We should realize that we have an obligation to stop such things from happening.”