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The day has to come when it's not a surprise that a woman has a powerful position.
Great powers can't get tired, because the international order is not self-governing.
Everyone wants Russia to be a prosperous, democratic state that is fully integrated.
Iran can and should be a responsible state, not the leading state sponsor of terror.
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow, but not what you did yesterday.
You never cede control of your own ability to be successful to something called racism.
People may oppose you, but when they realize you can hurt them, they'll join your side.
There's no greater challenge and there is no greater honor than to be in public service.
I think Americans are not guilty for 9/11; I think President Bush is not guilty for 9/11.
I am a professor at Stanford; I am a happy professor at Stanford. That's where I'm staying.
People are tired of being kept from the dignity that allows them to make their own choices.
Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be
I laugh almost everyday. I have a good sense of humor, so I'm always finding something funny.
It's so much a part of me that it's almost hard to describe myself in the absence of [faith].
I'm happy and content in my life, and I chalk that up to wonderful parents and a wonderful God.
The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.
Leading in a complex world means recognizing the simple things you can do to make things better.
When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
I don't believe for a minute anybody allowed people to suffer because they are African Americans.
America's still a very, very powerful symbol and a very important place of leadership for the world.
We can't afford to let the international community and the world lose faith in the diplomatic track.
Our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors.
...if you are overdressed, it is a comment on them. If you are under dressed, it is a comment on you.
I was born in segregated Birmingham, Alabama. I didn't have a white classmate till we moved to Denver.
It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.
I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics.
We [USA] need to deal with our problems here at home if we're going to be strong enough to lead abroad.
If you cannot allow people to do their jobs ... nobody with substance and creativity will work for you.
When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.
U.S. officials never expected that 'we were going to open garages and find' weapons of mass destruction.
I love to watch football.I actually really love to watch almost any competition with a score at the end.
The United States is willing to exert strong leadership to give diplomacy its very best chance to succeed.
it is a longstanding principle that sitting national security advisers do not testify before the Congress.
At no time did I intend to, or do I believe that I did put forward false information to the American people.
I have several [favorite clothes designers], but I like to wear Akris, Oscar De La Renta and Giorgio Armani.
You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.
I think that the United States has always been most effective when it is leading both from power and principle.
Working very closely with the Department of Homeland Security to match up what is available with what is needed.
I think the word of the United States has been as good as gold in its international dealings and its agreements.
My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.
We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.
I really wish that we had passed a comprehensive immigration bill because that would've really helped our country.
Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.
[My favorite dish to cook] is fried chicken, and by the way I'm good at it, too. I make really good fried chicken.
What you know today can affect what you do tomorrow. But what you know today cannot affect what you did yesterday.
If I can look at your zip code and I can tell whether you're going to get a good education, we've got a real problem.
Fortunately, I started very young, so I read music very well. And my favorite composers to play are Brahms and Mozart.
I think our dependence on foreign oil is a real problem, potential Achilles heel, and we have to do something about it.
And we believe that our policies toward Iraq simply are to protect the region and to protect Iraq's people and neighbors.
You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security.