Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people.

There is no prospect that the United States will say to Israel, 'You do such and such and we'll not support you in your security.

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.

If they are too big to fail, make them smaller.

It was an attempt to stick the Congress's finger in King Hussein's eye.

Nothing ever gets settled in this town (Washington). It's not like running a company or even a university. It's a seething debating society, in which the debate never stops; in which people never give up, including me, and that's the atmosphere in which you administer.

World Affairs Councils are great organizations. They help keep people throughout our country alive to important developments in world affairs and underscore that, in the country, we stay engaged and we are part of the world.