With respect to our friends in the [Iraq] region, each has its own system, each will have to make its own judgment as to whether it will change, how fast it will change, and we hope that we can help influence them as to how change comes about and what change might be better for them than other forms of change.

Time is passing, ... We have to look at the reality of the situation and ... redouble our efforts and get on with it.

There is no such thing as an unimportant person in an organization.

Diplomacy never stops, and, with or without an election, it never stops.

Have a sense of humor to break the tension in times of great toil.

It was not the United States who invaded Kuwait; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that went to war with Iran; it was Iraq. It was not the United States that fired chemical weapons at Iran; it was Iraq. And it was not the United States that murdered innocent Iraqi citizens with chemical weapons; it was Iraq.

If you get the dirty end of the stick, sharpen it and turn it into a useful tool.