Power is not anything that's given away. Power is something you have to compete for.

I have always said, in my own rise in the leadership, please don't ever ask anybody to vote for me because I'm a woman.

Elections are about the future.

The word 'campaign' is a war term. So when you go into a campaign you just prepare to go to war. If you think this is an exercise in civic activity... then you are going to be surprised.

I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels.

I would never think of crying about any loss of an office, because that's always a possibility, and if you're professional, then you deal with it professionally.

Hillary Clinton truly is sincere, but she has to connect more with the American people in terms of what she believes in and how she intends to accomplish progress in their lives.