We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism.

People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.

Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.

I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

I got married, I really waited a long time - three days after I graduated.

The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.