America is not an ethnostate. We are not rooted in blood and soil.

America's sanctions policy remains intact, and it will remain intact until it changes, if it does, and I'm not sure it will.

Internal reform in Russia would require a better relationship with the West.

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.

Diplomacy is not merely talking somebody into something; it's talking to somebody from a position of strength. You put your power on the table to open up the conversation; that's diplomacy.

I think the West is in a low point we haven`t seen since the 1930s.

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