People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.

It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people - or rather to all interest groups

I believe in having a private life.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

We are at war, and our security as a nation depends on winning that war.

You do have to keep in mind as you're going through extraordinarily difficult circumstances, that if you stay true, true to your values, if you stay true to your principles, if you believe in these values, then you can work in that context to right policies that may not be working.

The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality.