"For other nations, utopia is a blessed past never to be recovered; for Americans it is just beyond the horizon."

"Diplomacy: the art of restraining power."

"Most foreign policies that history has marked highly, in whatever country, have been originated by leaders who were opposed by experts."

"You can't make war in the Middle East without Egypt and you can't make peace without Syria."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"The only limit to human potential is the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"I like to believe that people in the long run are going to do more to promote peace than our governments. Indeed, I think that people want peace so much that one of these days governments had better get out of the way and let them have it."

"I think maybe because of the kind of music I sing, people want to believe you're a diva. They can't believe after eight years, and eight albums, you're still relatively sane. I feel like they almost want me to throw something at somebody."