If we are to garner sustained U.S. domestic support for future trade agreements, we have to make sure those Americans who have suffered as a consequence of past agreements have an effective social safety net, adjustment assistance, opportunities for retraining and new job creation that enables all Americans to thrive.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

We should learn to tolerate nuclear weapons of North Korea just like we did the Soviet Union.

Like democracy itself, jazz has structure, but within it you can say almost anything.

The Russians are clearly already engaged in a proxy war against the government of Ukraine. And that is something that we and the rest of the world have actively condemned and sanctioned Russia already heavily for, particularly the United States, as we have imposed now meaningful, tough sanctions in critical sectors, including the defense sector, the financial sector, and the energy sector.

Americans are hungry for change both at home and in our relations with the rest of the world.

I have no regrets whatsoever that I have acted in a way to advance my country's interests