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

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 was very productive as a senator for my state.

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

We're failing our children with education, we're failing our environment.

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 I can be the president of the United States.

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