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.

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

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

Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.

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.

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

I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.