History Is Written Backwards But Lived Forwards.

I Do Consider Myself A Feminist. I Know The Word Has Weird Implications For People Now, But I Do Think That Its Important To Have Women Involved, Whether Its Business Or Public Service Or...anything.

So There Really Was A Whole Series Of Things That Took The Women Of My Generation A Little Bit Of Time To Push Forward.

Well I Do Think, When There Are More Women, That The Tone Of The Conversation Changes, And Also The Goals Of The Conversation Change. But It Doesn't Mean That The Whole World Would Be A Lot Better If It Were Totally Run By Women. If You Think That, You've Forgotten High School.

Us Is A Very Religious Country. Separation Of Church And State Is Part Of Our Credo, But That It Is Hard To Understand Since Our Money Says "in God We Trust" And Every President Says "god Bless America".

One Of The Things I Write About A Bit In My Madam Secretary Memoir Is On Rwanda, Where I Was An Instructed Ambassador At The U.n., And My Instructions Were To Not Vote For Increased Forces There, And I Didn't Like My Instructions. So I Got Up And Called Washington And Said, "change My Instructions," And They Didn't.