The political face of Europe is one that has said very clearly that it wants cooperation and friendship with the United States.

I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.

We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad.

When you're in government, of course, you have protection and you have people who are looking out for your wellbeing, but you can't live in a state of fear. If you do, you're not going to do your job very well and you're going to give yourself high blood pressure, which probably isn't worth it.

It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.

I've never really been a workaholic. I work very hard, but I also enjoy playing. I think it's important to have a balanced and well-rounded life.

As secretary of state it's been an enormous honor to represent this great country that I love so much - I have really seen that our great strengths are in the ability of people to reach their potential here.