Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.

We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.

I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.

No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.