You can't just think that you will get a job for no good reason... And I think that the other part is you have to work your way up, you know I did a lot of Xeroxing and getting coffee...I always did what I was asked to do. I delivered. People knew that I would get things done and get them done well. And that is a big part of our resumes, are based on being responsible and being willing to do what needed to be done.

A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains.

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

I can't go out with a Republican.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.