I have found the most valuable thing in my wallet is my library card.

I think disease and all the things that we treat are tied to national security in a lot of ways that we maybe don't realize or that the American people don't realize. If other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. If there are ways we can prevent if there are ways we can help other countries defeat diseases, we're about to totally eradicate polio. And can you imagine? That would be so terrific.

It's not easy to have the job of president. It's not easy to run for it. And it's not a job for the feint of heart.

The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.

Libraries offer, for free, the wisdom of the ages--and sages--and, simply put, there's something for everyone inside.

I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.

If you take the burden of health care, of diseases off the backs of some other countries, it gives them a chance to use their own very limited resources in ways that help their people. And also there's a hopelessness associated with deadly diseases, that if that can be alleviated, people can build their own economies in their own countries and they'll be less reliant on the developed world for help.