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

No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.

My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.

I was struck by the joy of those pilots in committing coldblooded murder . . . Frankly, this is not cojones. This is cowardice.

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

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.

There's nobody who's had a resume like [Hillary Clinton] that's run for president.