I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.

China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry.

There were always jokes about Hillary Clinton channeling Eleanor Roosevelt, but Eleanor Roosevelt was really instrumental at the UN, and would want to meet with various other delegates.

The administration does not agree with those who suggest we should deploy hundreds of thousands of American troops to engage militarily in a ground war in Iraq.

I do believe that in order to be a successful negotiator that as a diplomat, you have to be able to put yourself into the other person's shoes. Unless you can understand what is motivating them, you are never going to be able to figure out how to solve a particular problem.

To put it mildly, the world is a mess.