...(O)ne thing that the world can count on is that we will not allow Israel to be crushed.

I think soft power definitely can work. But, you know, it depends on who you're dealing with. Some people are so intent upon power and keeping power that it's very difficult to conduct soft power.

This is what I'm good at. I like meeting people, my fellow citizens, I like interfacing with them.

But I have no desire for fame and power anymore. I crawled out of the swamp and I'm not crawling back in.

I have said that the sanction regime is like Swiss cheese - that meant that they weren't very effective.

Through much of the last century, America's faith in freedom and democracy was a rock in a raging sea. Now it is a seed upon the wind, taking root in many nations.

I don't want to be in the press.