If everybody's watching, you know, all of the back room discussions and the deals, you know, then people get a little nervous, to say the least. So, you need both a public and a private position.

It's important to underscore this overriding fact: women are not just victims of conflict-they are agents of peace and agents of change.

I think science is real.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

Race remains a significant challenge in America.

For all the injustices in our past and our present, we have to believe that in the free exchange of ideas, justice will prevail over injustice, tolerance over intolerance and progress over reaction.

We cannot let a minority of people hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.