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.

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.

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.

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

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.

He who walks in the middle of the road gets hit from both sides.