This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

I don't think women hold all the answers, but with their skills, their strengths, we can get to a better place.

Women have to be the biggest champions in the world of other women's choices.

Throughout his presidency, Clinton made a point of getting close - physically and emotionally - to the people whose problems his administration was working to solve.

I know I made plenty of mistakes in my tenure. But one of the things that you learn is to be very careful and to protect yourself down the road a little bit, which is to say you've got to think ahead and think where is the story going to go? What are all the possible outcomes? And how do I protect the president from unexpected twists and turns in the road?

I am endlessly fascinated that playing football is considered a training ground for leadership, but raising children isn't.

If people believe you're on their side, they will trust your decisions.