I really think that's the key, part of the spiritual renewal that America needs to have, the notion that we really can have confidence in a better tomorrow.

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that?

It's time to take the 'Men Only' sign off the White House door.

Defining myself, as opposed to being defined by others, is one of the most difficult challenges I face.

It's hard to be the first. It's almost as if I'm subject to a different level of inspection.

I've always maintained that black people and women suffer from a presumption of incompetence. The burdens of proof are different. It just gets so tiresome.

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.