Let no one doubt, we will defend America's security and the cause of freedom around the world. But we want a president who tells us what America is fighting for, not just what we are fighting against. We want a president who will defend human rights - not just where it is convenient - but wherever freedom is at risk - from Chile to Afghanistan, from Poland to South Africa

But I made one mistake which I would never repeat as a member of Congress when I was in Washington, and that was when I was elected I didn't go on trips because I was so afraid of having someone accuse me of taking junkets.

I should have had a circuitous answer; that was a non-answer.

I am the first to admit that were I not a woman, I would not have been the vice-presidential nominee.

It's okay in this country to be sexist. It's certainly not okay to be racist.

The public is entitled to know whether or not I am married to Jack The Ripper.

Some leaders are born women.