Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

I keep telling people I want to close the deficit, and one of the deficits is want to close is the fun deficit.

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

I think that there is a strong argument that our [USA's] leadership, our strength, our influence begins with having an economy that is producing good jobs with rising incomes, and I see the connection there.

Asking Saudi Arabia and Iran to work together, when they can't stand each other and are engaged in a proxy battle right at this moment.

Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for years and I know how challenging it is to change our political system and I have the highest regard for those who have put themselves on the line.

It takes a village to raise a child.