Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

There are an awful lot of things going on that need understanding and explanation, but - to put it mildly - the world is a mess.

There were always jokes about Hillary Clinton channeling Eleanor Roosevelt, but Eleanor Roosevelt was really instrumental at the UN, and would want to meet with various other delegates.

I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.