“trying to finalise a trade deal with India”
Secretary of State · United States · 91 verified quotes on record since June 27, 2026
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“was not involved directly in any of the moves”
“we can achieve military objectives if we seek to”
“the US government was not involved directly”
“How can you have a negotiated settlement between Russia and Ukraine if you don't have the ability to talk to both Russia and Ukraine?”
“was an exercise in spite, division, and radical agendas that have nothing to do with economic growth”
“torture and cruel, inhumane, and degrading treatment of detainees in the Mitiga and al Jadida prisons”
“Weeks and weeks ago, we spoke to the interim authorities and just said, ‘Look, our expectation is that she’s a Venezuelan, she belongs in her country. That’s the country she’s from. She should be allowed to return. She should be allowed to return unperturbed,’”
“in total and complete freefall”
“For example, how are you going to reach a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine if you don’t talk to Russia and Ukraine? You have to talk to them, right?”
“The challenge we face is how do we harness the power of superintelligence? How do we harness the power of all of these things in a way that is beneficial?”
“the three most powerful nuclear-armed nations on Earth”
“not just because of Iran and not just because of the straits of Hormuz but increasingly because of the Houthis attacking Saudi Arabia”
“cutting off their resources and crippling its ability to operate”
“could quickly turn what is a war between two countries into a much broader and far more dangerous regional conflict”
“has been a strong ambassador”
“Europe can awaken from its long slumber”
“must not be allowed to break them”
“confronting the threats of our age”
“there was a worker at the lab that was infected”
“constantly reallocating resources where they need to be”
“clearly involves the hand of a foreign actor”
“a lot of people are disturbed”
“if there’s an opportunity to exchange ideas and messages, we will”
“that war and that conflict and that crisis would not be happening were it not for the active participation of external actors”
“the equivalent of a hotline that we had during the Cold War”
“the two largest economies in the world”
“It is an opportunity to say to students, ‘if you come here and you go to school and you follow this curriculum, you will leave here, not just with a paper credential, but with the skills that make you immediately employable in a high paying job, in a good paying job with long term stability,’”
“especially if it has the prospects of leading to something positive and ultimately achieving the goal of what this is all about”
“the strongest sanctions in history”
“We do not have a better ally in the region with regards to confronting the big threat of criminal transnational organizations”
“rural crime, violent and dehumanising rhetoric”
“rural crime, violent and dehumanizing rhetoric”
“foreign nationals who are responsible for, or complicit in, the enactment or implementation of laws or policies that enable uncompensated land seizures, race-based discrimination, and/or the incitement of imminent violence against members of minority ethnic or racial groups in South Africa”
“has no plans at this time”
“eat these countries alive”
“we’ll get there eventually”
“sponsor terrorism and try to build a nuclear weapon”
“a huge win for both the American and Venezuelan people”
“will bring nearly US$100 billion [$169b] in private investment”
“positive actions and further commitments”
“part of the regime's raison d'être of exporting Marxism, racial resentment, and Communist violence across the world”
“a vast subversive network in the United States aimed at identifying, cultivating, and radicalizing”
“have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC .”
“individuals have directly engaged in efforts by the ICC to investigate, arrest, detain, or prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction”
“will be deposited into an account that we will have oversight over”
“brick-by-brick, if necessary”
“prosecute officials whose government has not consented to ICC jurisdiction”
“there was a proposal in Alaska, but there was no agreement in Alaska”
“serious adverse foreign policy consequences”
“there are no escape valves”
“the needs of the Venezuelan people can be met”
“US soldiers, police officers, border patrol agents and elected leaders”
“consistently has implanted and embedded spies”
“every communist left-wing insurgency”
“conventional shield that they were going to hide behind”
“not going to abandon [its] allies”
“Coral Garrido has used his presence in the United States to conduct political activity in support of the Petro government,”
“sweeping campaign to dismantle the threat posed by the International Criminal Court to US sovereignty”
“the need to end the Russia-Ukraine war”