Now we just really need to do the work, which we're doing, to get contraceptives out to women worldwide.

If you invest in a girl or a woman, you are investing in everybody else.

If you want to lift up an economy in Africa, you basically start with the women.

I think it's very important that we instill in our kids that it has nothing to do with their name or their situation that they're growing up in; it has to do with who they are as an individual.

If I really believe all lives have equal value, and if I use contraceptives, which I do, and if I'm counselling my son and my two daughters to use them, how am I not serving the women who don't have access to the contraceptives they need?

Our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It’s what propels societies forward.

I'm constantly saying to myself, 'I'm lucky I was born in the United States.