My deepest regret from my years in public service is the failure of the United States and the international community to act sooner to halt these crimes.

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.

I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.

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

What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?

There is a significant moral difference between a person who commits a violent crime and a person who tries to cross a border illegally in order to put food on the family table. Such migrants my violate our laws against illicit entry, but if that's all they do they are trespassers, not criminals. They deserve to have their dignity respected.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.