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

The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.

I'm a problem-solver.

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

Real leadership comes from the quiet nudging of an inner voice. It comes from realizing that the time has come to move beyond waiting to doing.

I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized.

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.