I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about.

The interesting part is, that being the United States Secretary of State, most places I went didn't have a problem with me being a woman, because I was representing the United States.

We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.

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.

I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.