The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

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 can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.

I really do think about the fact that every day counts. I believe that every individual counts, and so I believe that every day counts and I try not to waste it.

There's nobody who's had a resume like [Hillary Clinton] that's run for president.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.