For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.

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.

As a leader, you have to have the ability to assimilate new information and understand that there might be a different view.

No one has done what Saddam Hussein has done, or is thinking of doing. He is producing weapons of mass destruction, and he is qualitatively and quantitatively different from other dictators.

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.

Even though there were three newspapers in Chicago at the time, he said 'you wouldn't want to compete with your husband," and so instead of doing what I might do now in that situation, I basically saluted and found other things to do.

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