So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward.

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.

Well we're good friends so I'm a little prejudice, but I think [Hillary Clinton] is incredibly qualified, and better prepared to be president than almost anyone who's ever run frankly.

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

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

The Framework Agreement is one of the best things the [Clinton] Administration has done because it stopped a nuclear weapons program in North Korea.

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.