As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.

It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.

And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the 'my way or the highway' approach that was evident in the previous eight years.

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.

The U.N. bureaucracy has grown to elephantine proportions. Now that the Cold War is over, we are asking that elephant to do gymnastics.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

A man can take a little bourbon without getting drunk, but if you hold his mouth open and pour in a quart, he's going to get sick on it.

Every President wants to do right.

Being president is like being a jackass in a hailstorm. There's nothing to do but to stand there and take it.

One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President.