Patriotism demands the ability to feel shame as much as to feel pride.

When I used to teach civil procedure as a law professor, I would begin the year by telling my students that “civil procedure is the etiquette of ritualized battle.” The phrase, which did not originate with me, captured the point that peaceful, developed societies resolve disputes by law rather than by force.

Having it all means having the same work and family choices that men do. It doesn't mean having everything that you want. No one has that.

In foreign policy, even if you hold high office, you can't be sure what the effects will be of the things you do.

Believe it or not, we will actually be better and happier workers if we are allowed to be better parents. We might even rediscover our capacity for fun.

Our approach [to global security] has changed by the way we've elevated development. The biggest lesson is to recognize global responsibility.

There's a tremendous loss of talent to businesses who cannot make room for their employees to attend to family responsibilities. It really amounts to corporate waste: They hire really talented women and then lose them because they can't find ways to keep them productive and content the minute they can't "lean in."