It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.

As strong as the United States is, we can't deal with terrorism alone.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.

To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French.

One of the things that was really an issue was I did not want to just be a woman secretary of state. I wanted to be a secretary of a state who was a woman, but not just chosen for that particular reason.