I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

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

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.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America.

Often if you don't speak up, whatever you thought was stupid to say some man would say and then everyone would say 'as he said'.