A skilled diplomat rarely generates extreme reactions.

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.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

We must help women in every society to have their voices heard.

Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.

But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.

What people have the capacity to choose, they have the ability to change.