New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party..

I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that ….

There are those who would keep us slipping back into the darkness of division, into the snake pit of racial hatred, of racial antagonism and of suppo….

I think the legacy of the civil rights movement is that now whites are more open to being represented by people of color or people who are women or, ….

And frankly, being a woman I think gives me a slightly different take on a lot of the issues and on a lot of the solutions to the problems we face..

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tir….

I am determined to try to rebuild and renew this country in ways that will build community and level the playing field. To me, that means making cert….

The really important victory of the civil rights movement was that it made racism unpopular, whereas a generation ago at the turn of the last century….

If I lose, I'm going to retire from politics, practice law, and wear bright leather pants..

People just want to hear some common sense... and I bring to bear the experience in local government and state government and national government - I….

We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs..

Bush is giving the rich a tax cut instead of putting that cut in the pockets of working people..

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection..

Magic lies in challenging what seems impossible..

My parents were always philosophizing about how to bring about change. To me, people who didn't try to make the world a better place were strange..

There are a number of steps that we can take to reinvigorate and rebuild the economic and the physical infrastructure of our country and then to rebu….

If we can rebuild Iraq, we can rebuild Illinois and Indiana and if we can do Baghdad, we can do Baltimore..

There are no permanent friends or permanent enemies, just permanent interests..

It's not impossible for a woman - a Black woman - to become President..

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door..

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face..