Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.

In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks.

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics.

There is a sort of exotic preposterousness about a lot of elections, the way arguments are made even cruder.

I don't think that capitalism should be unbridled, if by "unbridled" you mean unregulated.

Multilateralism is not an easy option. We're going to find that the world is very difficult. And relationships between America and the rest of the world are very difficult.