The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.
Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.
There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.
I had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails.
Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.
Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.
I certainly don't read coverage of me, I read what else is going on that I need to know about to do my job.
Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.
Women standing up for each other is critically important.
The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.
I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now.
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.
Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.
We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.
I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.
India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.
I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.
One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries.
