Peace comes through dealing with people. Peace doesn't come at the end of a bayonet or the end of a gun.

History has shown that a country most effectively speaks with one voice. When nationally elected officials work together, build consensus, and provide leadership, the American people will follow.

If America is to succeed in responding to these 21st Century challenges, our political system cannot continue to bog down in the mire of partisan gamesmanship.

Politics or ideology must not get in the way of sound planning.

You can't just drop the 82nd Airborne into Baghdad and it will all be over.

Foreign policy will require a strategic agility that, whenever possible, gets ahead of problems, strengthens U.S. security and alliances, and promotes American interests and credibility.

Engagement is not appeasement. Engagement is not surrender.

Alliances and international organizations should be understood as opportunities for leadership and a means to expand our influence, not as constraints on our power.

I took an oath of office to the Constitution, I didn't take an oath of office to my party or my president.

And this - this board was - was impanelled in 1951. And it's gone through ups and downs in how the secretaries have used it. But I have put a premium on that advisory board.

No one person leads alone - can't do it, it's impossible. It doesn't make any sense. You need a team.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

And last of all comes death.

There are definitely worse people to be compared with. I think Brad Pitt makes interesting decisions.

My clothes are built to show off the woman who wears them. I like them to be simple... to move well, to move with the times and a little ahead of the times.

We need a hit, so here I go.

A-bop-bop-a-loom-op-a-lop-bop-boom.

I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

As much as I know people love the method and what you can draw out of yourself, a lot of acting is very imaginative.

In our family, we don't have rifts. We have a jolly good row and then it's all over. And I've only twice ever had a row with my sister.

Some people never need to let up at all.