I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.

I am straight forward; I am not manipulative; I am not two-faced. And I think that that has served me well in all of my roles, particularly as a diplomat, because people knew if I said something, I meant it. If I said no, I meant no, and if I said we could make this work, we would make it work.

Focus on something that stirs your soul, it's hard to excel at anything that you don't love.

All of us as citizens have to be consumers and judges.

I would rather be alone and a loud voice for action than be silent.

I read a ton of paper every day. I read the newspapers, I read my intelligence materials, I read all the briefing materials. I read the newspaper in hard copy.

South Africa's increasingly, for example, the largest foreign investor in various other parts of Africa.