It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, and now that I have it, I am not going to be silent.
Because of my parents' love of democracy, we came to America after being driven twice from our home in Czechoslovakia - first by Hitler and then by Stalin.
I enjoy wearing pins, and nobody tells me to do it.
I spent my life studying communism and Soviet systems.
I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
What a blast it is to be here with Michael Moore.
The best book, like the best speech, will do it all - make us laugh, think, cry and cheer - preferably in that order.
I have had fun being who I became, so to speak.
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 was a little girl in World War II and I'm used to being freed by Americans.
No matter what message you are about to deliver somewhere, whether it is holding out a hand of friendship, or making clear that you disapprove of something, is the fact that the person sitting across the table is a human being, so the goal is to always establish common ground.
People are finding it harder and harder to relate to foreign policy.
And frankly, I don't understand - I mean, I'm obviously a card-carrying Democrat - but I can't understand why any woman would want to vote for Mitt Romney, except maybe Mrs. Romney.
You think that the heads of state only have serious conversations, but they actually often begin really with the weather or, 'I really like your tie.'