There are lots of secretaries who send off special envoys and yes, say, "Do a great job," and that's fine until it costs you something. And then they cut you off.

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.

I love you, that is important to me. You love me or not its your matter. Remember I can control only myself, not you at all.

Love is beautiful, shattering, moving, haunting. Love is everything.

Maybe I'm misjudging people, but I feel like a lot of people still have an image of me in a bonnet at nine years old.

In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.

He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

I am happy to exhibit, but not to put myself on exhibition.

He had hard, steady eyes, and all the comforting, reassuring charm of a dental drill. - Harry Dresden describing Morgan

Our children may learn about heroes of the past. Our task is to make ourselves architects of the future.

The last thing my kids ever did to earn money was lose their baby teeth.

We can all be weak, but we all have to make a conscious decision to be strong.