I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.

Don't make me into this airy-fairy, moralist, idealist because I'm not.

I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.

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

I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs.