I can assure you, public service is a stimulating, proud and lively enterprise. It is not just a way of life, it is a way to live fully.

China's ability to deliver nuclear warheads on American cities is expanding.

Democracy fascinates me.

The U.S has acquired reservoirs of goodwill around the globe over many years. But it is clear - from polling data and ample anecdotal evidence - that America is losing its allure in much of the world.

When you're talking with a person at this level of the government, at the very highest level, I think you have to be very discreet because he, President Clinton, is very aware that anything he says publicly can have a profound impact on American politics and on world politics.

The temptations are great to simply retreat to the domain of private life and give up on our public problems.

Foreign aid is neither a failure nor a panacea. It is, instead, an important tool of American policy that can serve the interests of the United States and the world if wisely administered.