I Loved What I Did. I Could've

You [young People] All Are Just Much More Internationally-minded And Traveled And Knowledgeable In Languages Than Any Other Previous Generation. So Many Of You Are Already Doing A Lot Of International Relations, I Think. I So Believe In Student Networks, And People That Either Study Abroad Or Come To The United States To Study, And The Relationships That You All Develop. You Learn A Lot From Each Other, But You All Will See Each Other Again In Jobs Along The Way. And I Think That Makes A Big Difference. I So Believe In What Students Can Do.

My Deepest Regret From My Years In Public Service Is The Failure Of The United States And The International Community To Act Sooner To Halt These Crimes.

I Never Dreamed About One Day Becoming Secretary Of State. It's Not That I Was Modest; It's Just That I Had Never Seen A Secretary Of State In A Skirt.

When Somebody Is Flying Airplanes Into Buildings And Killing Innocent People In The Name Of God, It Makes You Question Why Do They Have That Interpretation And Somebody Else Has Another Interpretation, And How Many People Of Muslim Faith Would Agree With That, And What Are The Different Aspects Of Different People's Religions That Is So Divisive, Rather Than Being Unifying?

Even Before I Went To The Un, I Often Would Want To Say Something In A Meeting - Only Woman At The Table - And I'd Think, 'ok Well, I Don't Think I'll Say That. It May Sound Stupid.' And Then Some Man Says It, And Everybody Thinks It's Completely Brilliant, And You Are So Mad At Yourself For Not Saying Something.