The American Dream means being part of a society that allows you to be or do whatever you want, and to have a sense that your individual optimism and….

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you,….

I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done..

It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just….

I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them..

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in nati….

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem..

For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference..

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country..

Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'..

I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whate….

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing..

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central..

I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was li….

So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward..

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility..

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered..