Our government has become incompetent, unresponsive, corrupt. And that incompetence, ineptitude, lack of accountability is now dangerous.

The highest calling of leadership is to unlock the potential of others.

My mother taught me about the power of inspiration and courage, and she did it with a strength and a passion that I wish could be bottled.

The data is clear: If you give a woman an opportunity, she will make a huge difference.

Like Hillary Clinton, I too have traveled hundreds of thousands of miles around the globe. But unlike her, I have actually accomplished something.

Leadership comes in small acts as well as bold strokes.

You know, I believe that marriage is between a man and a woman.

I don't take on a fight just for a fight. I don't tilt at windmills.

I love being a woman. I like dressing up; I love buying shoes.

A woman's experience is different from a man's in virtually every respect, including how she is treated by the media.

Human potential is the only limitless resource we have in this world.

Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner.

A friend is the wax that keeps the flame lit, an enemy is the wind that blows it out.

A title from the1966 movie"The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming, " gives a new meaning toa phrase: "wait a minute, we've seen this movie before

Living life without hardships is simply not living at all.

Any time you burn a cross in Virginia, it's a crime?

Whenever I see a photograph of some sportsman grinning over his kill, I am always impressed by the striking moral and esthetic superiority of the dead animal to the live one.

Don't try to touch my heart, it's darker than you think. And don't try to read my mind, because it's full of disappearing ink.

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth of this or that character does not matter to me

Practice is not about how you feel while you are doing it. You are planting seeds.

Every time you make a bad choice, it becomes harder to make a good one.