The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].

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

There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.

What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.

In 1953, the United States played a significant role in orchestrating the overthrow of Iran's popular prime minister, Mohammed Mossadegh. The Eisenhower administration believed its actions were justified for strategic reasons, but the coup was clearly a setback for Iran's political development and it is easy to see now why many Iranians continue to resent this intervention by America in their internal affairs.