We don't understand enough about the Islam religion and Muslim world.

There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.

It is an unfortunate fact that in many parts of the world women are considered property. An awful lot of injustice is obviously due to that; not just women's status in the home, but all kinds of laws that are even more discriminating.

Women are more than 50% of almost every country in the world. Countries rob themselves of the resources of women if they keep them as property. It isn't that women can't find work. It's just that women don't get paid for their work and are not recognized properly. It's something that has to be on the international agenda all the time.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

After the Cold War, to rally the American people to understand that we had to be a part of solutions. It's one thing to say that we have to run everything, it's another to say we don't want anything to do with it.

It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.