To Put It Mildly, The World Is

I Think That We Had A Different View Of What The 21st Century Could Be Like, With Much More Of A Sense, From Our Perspective, Of Trying To Have An Interdependent World: Looking At Solving Regional Conflicts, Having Strength In Alliances, Operating Within Some Kind Of A Sense That We Were Part Of The International Community And Not Outside Of It.

I Have To Tell You, My Seven-year-old Granddaughter Said To My Daughter, Her Mother, 'so What's The Big Deal About Grandma Maddy Having Been Secretary Of State? Only Girls Are Secretaries Of State.' Most Of Her Lifetime, It's True. But At The Time It Really Was A Big Deal.

It Took Me Quite A Long Time To Develop A Voice, And Now That I Have It, I Am Not Going To Be Silent.

The U.n. Bureaucracy Has Grown To Elephantine Proportions. Now That The Cold War Is Over, We Are Asking That Elephant To Do Gymnastics.

I Think That A President Needs To Have A Variety Of Views Presented. But Also, There Has To Be A Team Effort, Because Otherwise, I Think It Creates A Dissonance And Difficulty.