It's not possible for two countries to be the leading dominant political power at the same time.

My friends all say I'm going to be Secretary of State. But I don't see how that would be much different from the job I have now.

One of the great dilemmas for America will be that American companies will do very well while American workers might not.

Politics and power is a realm of relative influence.

Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.

The American dream seems to be thriving in Europe not at home.

The Chinese economy's still not that much of a consumer economy.

The great drama of Russian history has been between its state and society. Put simply, Russia has always had too much state and not enough society.

The markets are much more interested in America's long-term trajectory than they are in feeling that there is an acute short-term crisis.

The people who watch Fox are not going to watch CNN. You know, let's be honest.

The situation in Syria is quite different from Libya.

The technological revolution at home makes it much easier for computers to do our work.

The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time - but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.

The world is changing very profoundly.

There is a huge crisis of employment in America, in the Western world in general.

There is very strong historical data that suggests the way societies grow is by making large, long-term investments.

Things happening around the world are affecting you and me.

When you're failing, there's a very powerful incentive to put ideology aside and just do what seems to work.

Whenever societies do well, they believe that there is something in their cultural DNA that made it happen.

Whenever someone says the word community, I want to reach for an oxygen mask.