Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.

The reason I made women's issues central to American foreign policy, was not because I was a feminist, but because we know that societies are more stable if women are politically and economically empowered.

I felt that America's duty was not to try to do everything itself, but to foster a sense of commitment that would bring out the best in every country.

Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

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.

Women have to work exceptionally hard.

When we're trying to solve difficult national issues its sometimes necessary to talk to adversaries as well as friends. Historians have a word for this: diplomacy.