Hillary Clinton

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

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 is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided.

I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me.

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.