I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.

Being under the microscope meant I was never given any slack. I still managed to screw up plenty in life, mind you, but in the things I really cared about - the legal work, or the stories I was telling as a writer, or the office I built in government - I wasn't left a lot of margin for error. It's kept me driven.

I cannot see him. I cannot have a relationship with my father and be morally consistent... I lived with all these adopted children, so they are my family. To say Soon-Yi was not my sister is an insult to all adopted children.

It's incumbent on good public servants to maintain their voices and originality of thinking.

Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.

I had siblings from South Asia, from East Asia, from depressed communities around America, and you know, we'd have long conversations.

I know full well how important women are in diplomacy and development. I grew up with seven sisters.