America's security and prosperity didn't work unless other nations were also secure, and prosperous. There had to be something in it for them, so we weren't looking simply to grab territory, or widen our sphere of influence, or anything like that. We wanted to make the world a better place, and get very rich in the process.

I think that Hillary Clinton has an appreciation that American power needs to be put in the service of American values, which is an American tradition and a pretty good one, and I think she was willing to do that.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Both the Bush people and [Barack] Obama people had no problem working with the holdovers. They weren`t out to get them.

Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.

Sanctions are a strong and agreed element of the West's response to Russia's aggression. It is puzzling to me that there is so much skepticism about the sanctions. I don't understand it.

The United States comes in 1945 and we basically blow the whistle.