Biografía

Portrayed by John Belushi on Saturday Night Live (1975)

Mentioned in a song by Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Graduated summa cum laude from Harvard University

While in Russia negotiating the SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) treaty, he jokingly suggested that perhaps the cameras in the chandelier overhead could duplicate a few pages that he needed copied.

Became the first foreign-born U.S. Secretary of State, and is tied with Madeleine Albright as being the highest U.S. cabinet position for any foreign-born U.S. politician.

Each success only buys an admission ticket to a more difficult problem.

I want to thank you for stopping the applause. It is impossible for me to look humble for any period of time.

The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.

Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There's too much fraternizing with the enemy.

Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy.

[on Xi Jinping, the new President of China, 2013] Xi is convinced his generation's hardships gave it the strength to face the challenges of adapting China to the consequences of its success. He has put forward a sweeping reform program designed to move millions to the cities, streamline bureaucracy, reorient the economy away state-owned enterprises and fight corruption.