“I have many, many old friends, and I always think that it`s important, when you get into politics, to have friends you had before you were in politics and to understand what`s on their minds.”

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

We believe strongly that the road to peace and two states living side by side does not go through New York, it goes through Jerusalem and Ramallah.

Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don’t.

I believe in a zone of privacy.

It’s so much more fun to watch FOX when it’s someone else being blitzed & sacked!

There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.

We’ll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

Our prisons and our jails are now our mental health institutions

You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.

I really do hope that we have a woman president in my lifetime.

I always run inclusive and successful organisations.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy – as well as in an individual’s life – is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

Don’t let anybody tell you that it’s corporations and businesses that create jobs.

Don’t confuse having a career with having a life.

Gay rights are human rights.

I know it is wet and the sun is not sunny, but we can have lots of good fun that is funny.

Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none

In prosperity it is very easy to find a friend; but in adversity it is the most difficult of all things.

You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter.

I closed my mouth and spoke to you in a hundred silent ways.

If you lose money you lose much, If you lose friends you lose more, If you lose faith you lose all.

Spend time with people who know how to use their days well. Just as iron sharpens iron, positive people will inspire you to be positive.

Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart.