I have always seen the United States as a force of good. And I have learned that there is the idealistic part about what we can do at the U.N. and there is a doable part. And I have learned what is more doable.
I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.
I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
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.
Women have to be active listeners and interrupters - but when you interrupt, you have to know what you are talking about.
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.
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.
The difference between humans and other mammals is that we know how to accessorize.
Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.
I think the personal relationships I established mattered in terms of what I was able to get done. And I did bring women's issues to the center of our foreign policy.
Women can't do everything at the same time, we need to understand milestones in our lives comes in segments.
My mind-set is Munich. Most of my generation's is Vietnam.
And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.
The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.
NATO has been a thread throughout my life.
I've never been to New Zealand before. But one of my role models, Xena, the warrior princess, comes from there.
The magic of America is that we're a free and open society with a mixed population. Part of our security is our freedom.
I have been in meetings where a head of state will say, 'I like your tie,' to a man... or, 'I like your country because the weather's good,' or whatever. So for me, the pins in some ways were openers.
I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
