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.

[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

I do not believe that things happen accidentally; I believe you earn them.

Libraries are fun, educational, and the biggest bargain on the face of the earth.

I think that the Middle East is the largest piece of unfinished business that we all have. I happen to believe in the democratization process.

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.