I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.

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 think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.

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 there has to be the sense that once you have climbed the ladder of success, that you don't push it away from the building.

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

The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.