When you are going up the corporate ladder or the government ladder, you have to take some risk.
I didn't run for student council president. I don't see myself in any way in elected office. I love policy. I'm not particularly fond of politics.
I know a lot of very stable gay couples.
It has been, after all, 11 years, more than a decade now, of defiance of U.N. resolutions by Saddam Hussein. Every obligation that he signed onto after the Gulf War, so that he would not be a threat to peace and security, he has ignored and flaunted.
Well, there's been plenty of ultimatums, and one thing that we better be very clear is that we can't continue to have the kind of defiance of the United Nations, the defiance of the international community that we've had.
Does anybody think these people were just sitting around drinking tea?
I don't see myself in any way in elective office.
If it is not possible for me to go somewhere and to be willing to encounter people with different views, then I'm really not doing my job.
I have enormous respect for people who do run for office.
We are not race blind. Of course we still have racial tensions in this country. But the United States of America has made enormous progress in race relations, and it is still the best place on Earth to be a minority.
The essence of America - that which really unites us - is not ethnicity, or nationality or religion - it is an idea - and what an idea it is: That you can come from humble circumstances and do great things.
Hamas is a little more than an enemy of the United States. Hamas, of course, is a terrorist organization - listed by Europeans as a terrorist organization.
People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights.
After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history.
What the United States has done is to be open to people who are fleeing tyranny, who are fleeing danger, but we have done it in a very careful way that has worked for us.
I am very fond of Jeb Bush. He's a friend; he was a terrific governor of Florida. I worked with him on some immigration and education issues.
Frankly, as secretary of state, if somebody treats you badly because you're a woman, it's your fault - not theirs.
When you're on a golf course, a couple of things are very interesting. No matter who you're with and who you're playing with, people want each other to do well.
I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket.
My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones.
