What we will not wait for is that particular nexus of terrorism, weapons of mass destruction that is extremism, and the technology to come together in a way that is harmful to the United States.

I really believe that you can. Not only do I think it is a part of public service to help young people find their way, just as professors had helped me find mine, but I've been very involved in K-12 education issues. I started a program back in 1992 called the Center for a New Generation, an afterschool enrichment program.

There is not going to be any pass for Palestinian leadership in fighting terror.

I think there are plenty of men out there who are capable and accomplished in their own realm. You don't have to be in the same field.

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.

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

Our effort to build stability through authoritarians in the Middle East for 60 years had given us neither democracy nor stability.