I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.

We must be authors of the history of our age.

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

I do think that one needs to have respect for people who are older. And I really do love the idea that one can respect generations.

I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].

The world would be entirely different if it were run by women. I think it is true that we are more seeking consensus and don't have such big egos and have a variety of different ways of trying to get along. But anybody who says that the world would be better has forgotten high school. It depends on who the women are.