A Strong State Department To Me Means

Just As The Security Council Was Largely Irrelevant To The Great Struggle Of The Last Half Of The Twentieth Century - Freedom Against Communism - So Too It Is Largely On The Sidelines In Our Contemporary Struggles Against International Terrorism And The Proliferation Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction.

There's No Such Thing As The United Nations. If The U.n. Secretary Building In New York Lost 10 Stories, It Wouldn't Make A Bit Of Difference.

I Don't Think There Is Any Good Answer To The Question Why Shouldn't Gays And Lesbians Who Want To Serve Their Country Be Allowed To Do It.

My Priority Is To Give The United States The Kind Of Influence It Should Have.

Just As That Little Opening In The Iron Curtain That Hungary Created Caused A Flood Of People Out, And Ultimately The Beginning Of The End Of Communism In Europe, If You Could Get Refugee Flows Coming Out Of North Korea, While There'd Be A Very Difficult Humanitarian Problem In The Short Run, Both For China And South Korea, In The Long Run It Would Lead To Reunification.