My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it.

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

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.