Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.

I think about Syria when I go to bed at night.

In general, my rule is find out where your heart is, then speak from the heart. People know the difference between that and something scripted.

International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.

One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.

My second epiphany came as an intern at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. The man I worked for was consumed with what was going on in Bosnia. And the more I knew [about it] the more saddened I was. There were these images of emaciated men behind barbed wire.... It was like, I've got to find a way to do something.

I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.