[John Kerry] actually stole my line because when I became Secretary of State, I said, 'I hope my heels will fill Warren Christopher's shoes.' So he reversed that.

There were always jokes about Hillary Clinton channeling Eleanor Roosevelt, but Eleanor Roosevelt was really instrumental at the UN, and would want to meet with various other delegates.

You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'

There's nobody who's had a resume like [Hillary Clinton] that's run for president.

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

I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.

I'm for democracy, but imposing democracy is an oxymoron. People have to choose democracy, and it has to come up from below.