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I think this is a very hard choice, but the price - we think the price is worth it.
Only in America could a refugee girl from Central Europe become secretary of state.
The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.
I loved being Secretary of State, that's probably evident to everyone who watched me.
The cover-up, more than the initial wrongdoing, is what is most likely to bring you down.
The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.
What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism.
I don't think people should think of women's issues as auxiliary issues - they are central.
There is plenty of room in the world for mediocre men but there is no room for mediocre women.
No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight.
What's the point of having this superb military you're always talking about if we can't use it?
So people are talking about revolution. What a revolution it would be to have a woman president.
I can't see democracy occurring by force - after an Iraqi war, because of the fallout from that.
The main thing is to remain oneself, under any circumstances; that was and is our common purpose.
Today, I say that no nation in the world need be left out of the global system we are constructing.
Every new president inherits headaches, but President Obama has inherited an entire emergency room.
I have very set and consistent principles, but I am flexible on tactics. I like to get the job done.
It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
Most of the time I spend when I get up in the morning is trying to figure out what is going to happen.
There are a lot of similar aspects in all the religions. The question is which side of it you hold up.
Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.
I think we all are people that are the product of our backgrounds. It's wrong to think that you're not.
If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.
We live in an image society. Speeches are not what anybody cares about; what they care about is the picture.
Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
the purpose of foreign policy is to persuade others to do what we want or, better yet, to want what we want.
Take it from someone who fled the Iron Curtain: I know what happens when you give the Russians a green light.
Whatever the job you are asked to do at whatever level, do a good job because your reputation is your resume.
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.
Leaders are made by the situations they are involved in. I think that some rise to the occasion and some do not.
I think the hardest part [is] the priorities. There are an awful lot of things to do [being Secretary of State].
I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.
Our collective experience has shown that when women have the power to make their own choices, good things happen.
I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized.
I think the jobs [at the top] are unbelievably difficult, and there is nothing easier than second-guessing people.
For somebody who loves foreign policy, being Secretary is the best job in the world - but it doesn't happen twice.
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.
Freedon succeeds from the moment people stop looking to others to improve their lives and start taking responsibility.
Our life comes in segments, and we have to understand that we can have it all if we're not trying to do it all at once.
So there really was a whole series of things that took the women of my generation a little bit of time to push forward.
The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
Bill Clinton valued my opinion and always made sure that my views were heard, and people knew that he wanted me to talk.
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
I can't imagine what it is like to be raised in a society where their only statues that exist are to you and your father.
I wasn't a normal professor. I had worked in government. I hadn't written nine zillion books. I was a hands-on professor.
China is in its own category - too big to ignore, too repressive to embrace, difficult to influence, and very, very proud.