Statesman

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.

I think that a president needs to have a variety of views presented. But also, there has to be a team effort, because otherwise, I think it creates a dissonance and difficulty.

I have always thought of myself as a Czechoslovak Catholic.

I've never seen America as an imperialist or colonialist or meddling country.

I know that war is very cruel and that life is harder when you aren't able to live in the place you called home.

I saw what happened when a dictator was allowed to take over a piece of a country and the country went down the tubes. And I saw the opposite during the war when America joined the fight.

The only thing I have to go by is what my mother and father told me, how I was brought up.

The day-to-day making of policy is arguing all the time. You're trying to get the right approach and the right answer, and there are moments that aren't very pleasant. But in the end, you look at the overall product.

I really think that there was a great advantage in many ways to being a woman. I think we are a lot better at personal relationships, and then have the capability obviously of telling it like it is when it's necessary.

I didn't want to set up a women's studies program. I thought women should learn to operate in a coeducational atmosphere, because, especially in national security and international affairs, it's male-dominated.

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

Life is grim, and we don't have to be grim all the time.

If you look at my life, generally, I've been put in situations which were difficult and which I conquered.

While democracy in the long run is the most stable form of government, in the short run, it is among the most fragile.

I think women want to take care of themselves, and I think having a voice in how that is done is very important.

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.

I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

I think women are really good at making friends and not good at networking. Men are good at networking and not necessarily making friends. That's a gross generalization, but I think it holds in many ways.

It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.

Well, the thing that I learned as a diplomat is that human relations ultimately make a huge difference.