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Affairs of state tend to drive most presidents toward the center on both foreign and domestic policy, no matter where on the political spectrum they begin, and especially so in the areas of intelligence and law enforcement.

Secretary of state is far superior to vice president, because it's involved in continuously solving problems and making policy and not being on standby.

The principal role of the President of the United States is the security of the country and participating in trying to stabilize the world.

What's important to have is a president that's focused on jobs, the economy, giving our children a better future and keeping our nation strong and safe.

The president is the leader of the nation. The president brings people together, does the deals, does the trades, knocks the heads together. The president leads.

We only have one president and one secretary of state, but our founding fathers very clearly insisted that Congress play a significant role in foreign policy.

There are two chief responsibilities of the Secretary's office. One is to run the elections in the State of Connecticut to make sure they run fairly and efficiently because the Secretary is the chief election official. The Secretary of the State is also the chief business registrar for the State of Connecticut.

Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street.

How a candidate runs shapes how a president governs.

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist the president in adapting and renewing the transnational institutions that were created after World War II.