Countries that censor news and information must recognize that from an economic standpoint, there is no distinction between censoring political speech and commercial speech. If businesses in your nations are denied access to either type of information, it will inevitably impact on growth.
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.
Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.
Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?
I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.
I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
Egypt is a large, complex, very important country.
I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience.
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.
You have to be true to yourself.
I think I'm chronically exhausted.
Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.
When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.
Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience.
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.
Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.
Every nation has to either be with us or against us. Those who harbor terrorists or who finance them, uh, are going to pay a price.
My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.
There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.
In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.
Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.
I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.
I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.
I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.