A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.

Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

Nobody's ever said that pins are a tool of diplomacy.

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

Really, I have to laugh because there was a whole set of stories that made me sound like the Dragon Lady, you know, 'tough this and tough that.' Then there is this business about 'gooey.' The bottom line is I am a pragmatic idealist.

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