What the United States has done hasn't always been liked or popular. But if you look at some of the most populous places in the world - China, India - the United States is not only respected but, in fact, popular.

This is the democratic process at work, What you're seeing with this process is the Iraqi people embracing American-style democracy.

You cannot be on one hand dedicated to peace and on the other dedicated to violence. Those two things are irreconcilable.

To say that people around the world deserve the same, the same life that we have in the United States, the same freedoms that we have, that seems to me, humble. I think it's humble to say that the United States, which has been given so much, should give back.

[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.

As I was telling my husb — As I was telling President Bush.

You know, as Secretary of State, I've been privileged to represent this great country, and I know its strengths, and I know its challenges. One of its strengths is the belief - here and abroad - that this is a place where you get ahead on merit. It doesn't matter where you came from; it matters where you're going.