I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

There are real threats but there's a difference between recognizing real threats and an irrational kind of apocalyptic threat.

I've heard people in the Middle East tell me that the most inspiring thing for them as people struggling against dictatorship in the Middle East is the memory of the civil rights movement.

There's a ton of academic literature that shows people are much more critical of female leaders than they are of male leaders. They're much less tolerant of female ambition, much more threatened by female power.

I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.

I hope Barack Obama puts another woman on the Supreme Court. And this time, I hope it's a woman with kids.

Clinton is a very capable, conscientious person. I think she cares very deeply about policy. She knows a lot about how the government works, and I think those things are very important. You don't really appreciate those things until you get a guy like George W. Bush in the White House, and then you realize that when you don't have someone who knows or cares about government policy, a lot of bad stuff can happen.