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.

I consider it my patriotic duty as an ordinary citizen - not as Secretary of State - to ask questions. I think we have to ask ourselves the tough questions.

I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.

I went to college somewhere between the invention of the iPad and the discovery of fire... but I had gone to a women's college.

The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.

We have a responsibility in our time, as others have had in theirs, not to be prisoners of history but to shape history, a responsibility to fill the role of path-finder, and to build with others a global network of purpose and law.

For me, America is really, truly the indispensable nation.