the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.

I do consider myself a feminist. I know the word has weird implications for people now, but I do think that its important to have women involved, whether its business or public service or...anything.

And so I have studied, I have to tell you, revolutions and uprisings for a long time. They are all slightly different, but what they all look for is some kind of a mechanism to go from an authoritarian system to an open, democratic system.

What you have to be concerned about are the extremists. On the whole, we need to understand the more moderate Muslims before they become more radicalized.

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.

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