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.

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics.

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.