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“People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.”
“But I do not believe that the world would be entirely different if there were more women leaders. Maybe if everybody in leadership was a woman, you might not get into the conflicts in the first place. But if you watch the women who have made it to the top, they haven't exactly been non-aggressive - including me.”
“This is pure speculation, but for a period of time, a lot of getting into a party was through fundraising and volunteer work, and Republican women had more time to do that than democratic women, who were out there getting jobs.”
“Hussein has chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces for his cronies.”
“הלקח של המאה הזו – העקובה מדם בהיסטוריה – הוא שכאשר אירופה ואמריקה פועלות יחד, האינטרסים והערכים שלנו מקודמים בצורה יעילה יותר ממה שכל אחת ממדינותינו יכולה לבדה.”
“אני מאושרת להיות מזכירת המדינה האמריקנית הראשונה שמבקרת בצפון קוריאה, ובוודאי הראשונה שרקדה עם ילדים.”
“אני חושבת שעלינו לדבר עם איראן. אני מאמינה שזהו תפקידנו לנסות להגיע להסכם עם מדינות שיש לנו בעיות איתן.”
“אני בעד דמוקרטיה, אבל לכפות דמוקרטיה זה אוקסימורון. אנשים חייבים לבחור בחופשיות בדמוקרטיה, והיא חייבת לבוא מלמטה למעלה.”
“למנטליות העדר יש כוח רב ביחסים בינלאומיים. מנהיגים ברחבי העולם מתבוננים, לומדים ומחקים זה את זה.”
“The greatest thrill in my life was to represent the United States of America.”
“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.”
“I am often asked if, when I was secretary, I had problems with foreign men. That is not who I had problems with, because I arrived in a very large plane that said United States of America. I had more problems with the men in our own government.”
“For me, being raised in a free America made all the difference.”
“Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.”
“It's one thing to be religious, but it's another thing to make religion your policy.”
“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.”
“The religious scholars I have consulted are passionate about the need for political leaders to educate themselves in the varieties of faith and to see religion more as a potential means for reconciliation than as a source of conflict.”
“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 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 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.”