The civilized world has a common stake in defeating the terrorists.

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

You don't get gushers of revenue by raising tax rates. You get it through expansion.

If somebody had made that [deal] to me when I was a businessman, I would have said he proposed to give me the sleeves from his vest.

You've got to dream a little bit if you're going to get somewhere.

Increasingly, the state system has been eroding. Terrorists have exploited this weakness by burrowing into the state system in order to attack it.

Between 1980 and 1990, the number of countries that were classified as 'free' or 'mostly free' increased by about 50%.