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.'

I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

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

We don't understand enough about the Islam religion and Muslim world.

I never dreamed about one day becoming Secretary of State. It's not that I was modest; it's just that I had never seen a Secretary of State in a skirt.

Women have to work exceptionally hard.