My clerkship with Justice Douglas was tremendously important. He told me, Christopher, get out into the stream of history and see what happens. I've tried to follow that advice.

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I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that...

I'm very much in favor of focused responsibility, and so in the main areas that...

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there....

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there....

This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear...

This is a very important relationship we have with Russia, the relationship over the nuclear...

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist...

Probably the most useful thing I can do as secretary of state is to assist...

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

It's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe.

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in...

Let's see if we can't get this war behind us now. Certainly, the man in...

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me...

When I was a very young lawyer, I had a senior partner who advised me...

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train...

We've had it very clear to the Bosnians that our obligation to equip and train...

Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try...

Despite the demands of this job, one of the things my wife and I try...

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations...

We have a human rights interest. Then there is the immigration problem. The human-rights violations...

I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only...

I was born in a very small town in North Dakota, a town of only...

I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates...

I don't want to talk about intelligence matters. I will say, however, that intelligence-community estimates...

My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years...

My father was a small-town banker. He became very ill when I was 10 years...

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else...

It's very important not to lose your temper in a courtroom, or in anything else...

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe;...

You know, it's been President Clinton's dream that we'll have finally a fully integrated Europe;...

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems...

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems...

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense,...

The monitors indicated that it was a credible election, I think, in an overall sense,...

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some...

Both sides were supposed to release all their prisoners, those were unconditional. There was some...

We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a...

We've worked with President Yeltsin. He is the President of the country. He's been a...

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for...

The Palestinian election is something that was really a turning point. It's a mandate for...