The stunning part was that one time Neil McElroy the Secretary of Defense who was the father of one of our classmates spoke and basically at commencement, he told us all that our job after graduation was to get married and have interesting sons...and we all found that hard to believe.

I was taught to strive not because there were any guarantees of success but because the act of striving is in itself the only way to keep faith with life.

It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.

We have to understand where we have strategic relationships that require us to take a different approach. I guess the easiest way to describe it is: different strokes for different folks.

Even before I went to the UN, I often would want to say something in a meeting - only woman at the table - and I'd think, 'OK well, I don't think I'll say that. It may sound stupid.' And then some man says it, and everybody thinks it's completely brilliant, and you are so mad at yourself for not saying something.

If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future.

Obviously Iran is a very large problem. It's hard to decide what the number one issue [is], but that is a very threatening problem.