America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements.

The Gulf States are extraordinarily suspicious of Iran for good reason. They view Iran as meddling in their affairs. They have seen Iran level asymmetric attacks against their facilities or their interests.

We should not anticipate that every time countries come together that we are doing some revolutionary thing. Instead of hitting home runs, sometimes we're going to hit singles.

For the first time, preventing nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism is now at the top of America's nuclear agenda.

I think, as you get older, that's when your ambitions become "peculiar".

Nothing in life that’s worth anything is easy.

That may prevent us from getting a deal done, It is there to be had. Whether ultimately Iran can seize that opportunity - we will have to wait and see, but it is not for lack of trying on our part.