[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

Do I want Social Security to be there for my kids and my grandkids? Absolutely. Will I fight like a tiger to make sure that we protect Social Security? I absolutely will.

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

You never know what'll happen in politics.

I voted against my party with some frequency, because of my independence. I've just got to remind Missourians that I am independent and that I try to call them like I see them, and sometimes my party is wrong on some things.

Somehow in the public sector, if you start in the mailroom and spend your life getting promoted, it's unseemly.

I started in the mailroom, literally, as an intern... in 1974. The legislator I was working for at the time said, 'I want you to get your law degree and come back here and get elected and be the first woman governor.' I kind of took that guy seriously - I thought that sounded like a pretty good idea.