Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.

I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized.

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

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.

I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.