The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.

A great task has been completed and an even larger one remains.

I bought ... the pins with my three daughters in mind; the ships are beautiful, graceful, and moving along at full sail, having long since left home port.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

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.

You have to learn to interrupt because you aren't going to get called on.

NATO has been a thread throughout my life.