I teach at Georgetown, and I see that the students have so many different interests. The main thing is to match your passion with your knowledge, because you can't just be passionate without knowing the facts, and facts are really boring without passion.

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

To be safe at the expense of the liberty of other people is a difficult equation.

I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair.

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.

You can't just think that you will get a job for no good reason... And I think that the other part is you have to work your way up, you know I did a lot of Xeroxing and getting coffee...I always did what I was asked to do. I delivered. People knew that I would get things done and get them done well. And that is a big part of our resumes, are based on being responsible and being willing to do what needed to be done.

The cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.