I very much admire Sheryl Sandberg for what she has done. I really do. But Sandberg's narrative also implies: "Well, it's your fault if you couldn't make it." There is a certain injustice in 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.

My husband has spent more time with our children than I have. I don't think they're better or worse off.

The European problem is that it assumes that the minute a woman has a child, the mother identity subsumes the professional identity. Now she's the mother, above all, and we must give her all this time.

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

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.

The international community cannot stand by and watch the massacre of Libyan protesters. In Rwanda we watched. In Kosovo we acted.