The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.

One of my trips was to meet with the Gulf Cooperation Council with all the Saudi foreign ministers, and when we started the meeting I said 'Perhaps you've noticed that I'm not dressed the same as my predecessors", but no-one had a problem and I was never treated with anything other than respect...So I did not have problems with that, interestingly enough.

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

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.

Libraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

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