I'm not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you've forgotten what high school was like.

My parents were of the generation who thought they were the children of a free Czechoslovakia, the only democracy in central Europe.

It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

People didn't think that a woman could be the Secretary of State, when my name was out there...but then the Arab Ambassadors at the UN said 'We have no problem dealing with Ambassador Albright, and we would have no problem dealing with Secretary Albright.'