And so I think that the idea of America working with other countries to solve problems is good for us, and it is part of digging us out of the “my wa….

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you m….

As a child, I really did see buildings bombed, and what makes me different from an American that's the same age as I am is that I can understand what….

After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run every….

What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change..

I had more problems with the men in our own government, and not because they were male chauvinistic pigs but because they had known me for so long. I….

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it..

The bottom line is, the more we have a cadre of women moving up the scale, and it doesn't seem threatening, and people realize that women actually wo….

When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for th….

We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight a….

To put it mildly, the world is a mess..

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women..

You [young people] all are just much more internationally-minded and traveled and knowledgeable in languages than any other previous generation. So m….

I think that there is never an indispensable leader, you know? I think that there is a time with dignity that one needs to leave..

Well I do think, when there are more women, that the tone of the conversation changes, and also the goals of the conversation change. But it doesn't ….

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below..

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with ….

The process of education in the oldest profession in the world is like any other educational process, in that it requires time andeffort and patience….

People didn't think that a woman could be the Secretary of State, when my name was out there...but then the Arab Ambassadors at the UN said 'We have ….

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic..

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that are….