If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.

A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.