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

I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people.

I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.

It takes more than one dove to make peace in the Middle East.

I think there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.

I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.

For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.