I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

I hope I'm wrong, but I am afraid that Iraq is going to turn out to be the greatest disaster in American foreign policy - worse than Vietnam, not in the number who died, but in terms of its unintended consequences and its reverberation throughout the region.

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.

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.

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

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

As you go along your own road in life, you will, if you aim high enough, also meet resistance... But no matter how tough the opposition may seem, have courage still and persevere.