If we blunt Russian efforts now to be aggressive, we may be pleasantly surprised by the policy options that become available to us, in terms of working with a better Russia.

Nationalism is like cheap alcohol. First it makes you drunk, then it makes you blind, then it kills you.

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

At least in my country, we have come to accept the flags burning, but what we cannot accept is violence, burning of embassies and intimidations, and there is no excuse for that.

Partisanship is not part of my professional makeup.

Think of Europe in the 20th century. Two World Wars generated by nationalism. France, Germany, Britain fighting with each other.

Ronald Reagan reached out to Gorbachev. At the same time, we were pushing back against the Soviets all over the world. He was able to do two things at once, and it worked out very well for us.

The world should contemplate a nuclear weapons-armed Iran with the greatest of concern.

I think that President George W. Bush was ahead of most of his government, in realizing that Putin was not the person we thought he was.

No great power is ever satisfied with its sphere of influence. They never are.

Be careful about a policy generated with enthusiasm in the rush of a moment. It usually doesn't turn out well.

A business that is not growing after all, is dying.

I'm confident you haven't seen the best yet. And I will only get better through time and through tougher competition.

You are so afraid of losing your moral sense that you are not willing to take it through anything more dangerous than a mud-puddle.

We don't just want what we want because we want it; we want what we want because that's what we've learned to want.

I have an overactive brain, and as a result of that, I can really get in my own mind. So I like to try and exercise it to the point of exhaustion.

I have a confidence because my research shows that I should just really trust my instincts.

I don't necessarily wait for that massive leading role. I want to keep the juices flowing.

Producer and consumer are always one and the same person, merely considered from two different viewpoints.

I would get my student loans, get money, register and never really go. It was a system I thought would somehow pan out.

If you respect your body enough to put modest clothes on, then more people will respect you as a person.