Reconciling with an adversary that can be as brutal as the Taliban sounds distasteful, even unimaginable. And diplomacy would be easy if we only had to talk to our friends. But that is not how one makes peace.

He ran a gas station down in St. Louis. No, Mahatma Gandhi was a great leader of the 20th century.

I'm going to do everything I can to be the best president I can be for all America.

My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.

We spend trillions of dollars to travel around the world, but it's in everybody's interest that we have a better framework, and not just for the United States but for the entire world, in which to operate and trade.

I think Barack Obama had the right idea [on negotiations with enemies], and the bottom line is that of course there have to be conditions. But, of course it doesn't do us any good to not talk with our adversaries.

There are different views about what's good for our country, our economy, and our leadership in the world.