I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his cabinet.
Let a Secretary of Peace be appointed.
We have no leadership. And honestly, that starts with Secretary [Hillary] Clinton.
If President Nixon's secretary, Rosemary Woods, had been Moses' secretary, there would only be eight commandments.
At least some of us need to be very careful in running to coronating Secretary Clinton.
My work as secretary of state was not influenced by the outside forces.
Mitt Romney looks like a secretary of state. He looks like the chancellor of the exchequer.
What I would have liked to do on that show was play a secretary of state who has huge personal business interests throughout the world. That, to me, seems to be more in synch with reality.
Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state
As for myself and for the Secretary of State and others involved, including those in the Legislature, we stand ready to do anything, to meet with anyone, anywhere, as long as we may do so in self-respect, demanding the respect due this Nation, and there is any slightest idea or chance of furthering this great cause of peace.
The revenge of history is more powerful than the revenge of the most powerful General Secretary.
Today the Secretary of State said that of the 247 candidates, so far 115 of them have been certified. How embarrassing is that? Imagine if you were turned down because you didn't meet the high standards set by Larry Flynt and Gallagher.
I loved what I did. I could've been secretary of state for ever.
The bilateral relationship is unshakable, but playing politics with that relationship could blunt Secretary Kerry's enthusiasm for being Israel's primary defender
I believe the American people spoke loud and clear to the Bush Administration in yesterdays election that they disapprove of the current direction in the war in Iraq. As a result, the President wasted no time in dumping Secretary Rumsfeld.
Such a closely divided election; Secretary [Hillary] Clinton won the popular votes. Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin - about 112,000 votes separated the two candidates as well.
During the Koizumi administration, I served as the Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary as well as the Chief Cabinet Secretary.
I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].
My job now, as Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, is to take this process forward, and that I'm determined to do, whatever old clippings you dig out and whatever old quotes you put before me.
My mother's a secretary; my father's an electrician in a mining company.