What happened in Flint is immoral. The children of Flint are just as precious as the children of any other part of America.

We need more good jobs, and that means we've got to start educating young people, starting literally in the first five years of life making sure that every kid in every zip code has good teachers and good schools, making college affordable, helping people pay down their debt.

People are great across America.

We have to build a political consensus and that requires people to give up a little bit of their own turf in order to create this common ground.

I think science is real. And I think it's important that we grip this and deal with it, both at home and abroad.

I would not have imagined being asked to be Secretary of State, it was a great honor to serve with President Obama in his cabinet.

There are many ways to be influential. You can work for politicians or in government and make a difference. And for young women who are interested in running for office, you just have to decide you're going to follow Eleanor Roosevelt's maxim about growing skin as thick as the hide of a rhinoceros, and you have to be incredibly well-prepared - better prepared [than a man], actually - and you have to figure out how you're going to present yourself, and you have to have a support group around you, because it can be really a brutal experience.