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.

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.

Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband," and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.

John Kerry knows more about more subjects than an awful lot of people. But I think it's a very hard job [Secretary of State].

I do think that she [Hillary Clinton] will prove that she's the best, whether she's in the White House or somewhere else. I think it will very much be a historic moment, when we are able to say that we actually have done something like put a woman in the White House. Its very interesting to think about considering its taken us long as it has.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.