Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.

the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.

After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it.

I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women's status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.