"The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up."
"While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile."
"My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam."
"I was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans."
"Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences."
"To understand Europe, you have to be a genius - or French."
"I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there."
"We will not be intimidated or pushed off the world stage by people who do not like what we stand for, and that is, freedom, democracy and the fight against disease, poverty and terrorism."
"If we have to use force, it is because we are America. We are the indispensable nation. We stand tall. We see further into the future."
"Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed."
"Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or our allies is the greatest security threat we face."
"Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies."
"I was in Europe and it was at this stage that I fell in love with Americans in uniform. And I continue to have that love affair."
"What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore."
"No matter how hard we might wish, we will not be able to transform China's behavior overnight."
"The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order."
"You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'"
"I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us."
"I did go to Wellesley, a women's college. And I am of a kind of strange generation which is transitional in terms of women who wanted to go out and get jobs."
"I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated."
"One of the issues I kept saying to my students is you have to learn to interrupt. When you raise your hand at a meeting, by the time they get to you, the point is not germane. So the bottom line is active listening. If you are going to interrupt, you look for opportunities. You have to know what you're talking about."
"I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways."
"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent."
"Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference."
"No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground."
