This is a complicated time to govern in the world today because of so much going on and it's coming at us at such an unprecedented rate.

Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

Institutions are imperfect. Governments surely are. People are.

Desperate men do desperate things when you take hope away. And that's where the Palestinians are today.

I'm not sure leaders listen enough, especially to their people. And I've always thought in everything I've tried to do in my life, in the jobs I've had, is that if we can turn our transmitters off and our receivers on more often, we're better leaders and we know more of what is going on and therefore we can lead more effectively.