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We need to find means for cooperation.
Ignorance and prejudice make for bad advisers.
I think about Syria when I go to bed at night.
Foreign policy is an explicitly amoral enterprise.
When I wake up in the morning, I think about Syria.
We need to deter the Palestinians in any way we can.
All advocacy is, at its core, an exercise in empathy.
I happen to miss the Constitution; I thought it was a good document.
Countries that intervene militarily rarely do so out of pure altruism.
Every decision to use military force is an excruciatingly difficult one.
I believe the United States is the greatest country on Earth. I really do.
One of the things that a president needs in the face of genocide is resolve.
U.N. Security Council resolutions are only as effective as their enforcement.
If you represent everyone, in some ways you represent no one. You're un-owned.
Every working mother struggles with the BlackBerry, knowing the boss can call.
I think the point that we all agree upon is that we have to engage with Russia.
My style in diplomacy is my style as a human being - I'm very direct and very honest.
I get to be married to the liveliest mind I've ever encountered.... I hit the jackpot.
There is a convergence of crises that makes it challenging to keep the world's attention.
First, recognize the mistake. The main thing is taking responsibility and being authentic.
Re-examining our reasoning is not something that has come naturally to American statesmen.
Serving in the executive branch is very different than sounding off from an academic perch.
Rising anti-Semitism is rarely the lone or the last expression of intolerance in a society.
Brokenness is the operative issue of our time - broken souls, broken hearts, broken places.
Success is not about who never fails. It is about who can spring - or even stagger - back up.
I was extremely close to my father, inseparable. Where we hung out most of the time was the pub.
Silence in the face of atrocity is not neutrality; silence in the face of atrocity is acquiescence.
It is easy to get used to the morning news, habituated. But don't. The morning news is yours to alter.
The U.S. government engages with many countries around the world in official dialogues on human rights.
Being an occupier is not good for anybody's global standing. It is a catalyst for terrorist recruitment.
Without investing in the rule of law for the poor, none of the other investments we make will be sustainable.
When I wake up in the middle of the night when I hear one of my kids coughing or crying, I think about Syria.
I had eleven varsity letters. I loved basketball the best, but cross-country is a little more under your control.
International institutions are composed of governments. Governments control their own military forces and police.
My career is not well thought out. Every choice has been instinctive and, quite literally, impulsive in many ways.
I joke that I spent 38 years scouring the globe, going to war zones, trying to find the person with my exact birthday.
I've got two small kids. I want to make sure they grow up to be good people. Do they treat people well? Are they kind?
The United States should not frame its policy options in terms of doing nothing or unilaterally sending in the Marines.
I think we do have an interest in combating states that try to cross borders and steal parts of other people's country.
I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
India is at the vanguard of figuring out how to exploit technology and innovation on behalf of democratic accountability.
Violence against women isn't cultural, it's criminal. Equality cannot come eventually, it's something we must fight for now.
Over the years, Western governments have been criticized for working with foreign police who have proved abusive or corrupt.
Since 9/11, there has been a huge leap in people wanting to get personally involved in public service and international affairs.
Don't take for granted that the worthiness of your cause will win you allies; bring it down to a scale that people can relate to.
If your aim is to attack the United States, it is hard to imagine a more difficult way of getting here than by posing as a refugee.
My basic feeling about military intervention is that it should be a last resort, undertaken only to stave off large-scale bloodshed.
My favorite things in life are my children. If somebody wants to understand me, there's no better window into that than my children.
Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.
President Reagan, of course, did more than any other person to entrench the Republican reputation for toughness on national security.