I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.

A lot of people think international relations is like a game of chess. But it's not a game of chess, where people sit quietly, thinking out their strategy, taking their time between moves. It's more like a game of billiards, with a bunch of balls clustered together.

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

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