Adapting Quote by Warren Christopher

If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state.

— Kevin Shelley

The most important thing I would do is to try to institutionalize U.S.-Soviet summits.

— Walter F. Mondale

I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that.

— Condoleezza Rice

If I were elected President, the first thing I would do would be to set up a Department of Restoring the Bill of Rights.…

— Sara Paretsky

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into…

— Hillary Clinton

I do not go lightly. If I could have anything right now, it would be the ability to continue as secretary of state.

— Kevin Shelley

Everything I did as secretary of state was in furtherance of America's interests and our values.

— Hillary Clinton

As President, I would work toward international creation of a new world order.

— Nelson Rockefeller

My general plan would be to make the States one as to everything connected with foreign nations and several as to everything purely domestic.

— Thomas Jefferson

I think the most important thing is [to] restore a sense of idealism and end the cynicism in state government. Bring to the job…

— Rod Blagojevich

One of the things I think I can bring to the presidency is to make government and public service cool again.

— Barack Obama

As the former U.S. Ambassador to Japan, I understand the importance of having a competent, empowered, and level-headed Secretary of State.

— Bill Hagerty