The other thing that happened was that we have a tendency to project our own weaknesses onto another woman. I don't think men do that particularly.

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

The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward.

We don't understand enough about the Islam religion and Muslim world.

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.

I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.