In terms intellectually, [what] shaped my life was the whole Munich thing [the Munich Agreement] that I knew about all my life, in terms of how large powers make decisions that affect small countries, and the unintended consequences of that. The other part is I knew about the Holocaust. l just didn't know that it applied to my family. But that did affect the way I thought about what I was seeing as ethnic cleansing in the Balkans; there's no question about that.

It takes more than one dove to make peace in the Middle East.

History is written backwards but lived forwards.

This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.

Women have to work exceptionally hard.

Hate, emotionalism, and frustration are not policies.

Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.