Hillary Clinton
The safe haven that al-Qaida has found in Pakistan is very troubling.
I don't think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.
I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.
I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.
Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.
I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.
I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.
Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.
The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.
I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.
You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.
'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.
When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.
I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.
When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those profound issues.
You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.
You have to test your ideas in a public forum.
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.
You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.
One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.
There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.
It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.
I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.
At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.
I'm one of those people who thinks that changing one's hair is the only part of the body that you can change at will.
I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that.
There is no formula that I'm aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.
I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over.
It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.
I'll get involved in philanthropy.
You can go into neighborhoods in the United States where people dress a certain way because they don't want to be out of touch, where boys wear pants down to their knees, which nobody has compelled them to do but they pick up the cultural norms, or where girls are improperly dressed by my eyes, but that's what they see in the media.
China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world.
I think I'm very hardheaded.
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.
India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.
Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.
Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they?
A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.
I have to defend my husband.
Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.
Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?
I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
Look, I'm outspoken.
I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me.
You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?
I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.
I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.
The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I'm well aware of that.
You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody.