I spend every day up at the United Nations where I have to interact with 192 other countries. I know how well the United States is viewed.

Be who you are. If you spend all of your time worrying about how people view you, you will not be either faithful to yourself or effective in what you're trying to do.

I think most Americans understand that we went through a period in which American leadership was judged quite critically internationally.

Peace, prosperity, and democracy cannot endure if imposed from the outside. We should cease to make false distinctions between peacekeeping and prevention; they are in fact inextricably linked.

Governing is different than campaigning, and that comes with a whole different level of responsibility.

We are patriots in my family, we are believers in America, we're believers in democracy.

I have to separate my personal concerns from my professional responsibilities.