Imposing democracy through force is a roll of the dice.

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.

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

The United States can't impose democracies. We can't impose our will. The Russians found that out in Afghanistan.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

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.

We live in a world where there are dangerous people, there are bad people.