“You can’t just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.”

Dynamism is a function of change.

I’ve never understood multi-party democracy. It’s hard enough with two parties.

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.

I want to make a difference.

I helped to restore America’s leadership.

I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.

When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.

I mean, I’m a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we’re all in this together, and that’s what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.

People should meet an acceptable threshold of appropriateness. But for many women in the public eye, it just seems that the burden is so heavy.

Let’s learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.

I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens of billions of dollars more into the Department of Defense.

Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it’s a personal life or a national life.

I don’t think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

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

If you expect nothing from somebody you are never disappointed.

It’s just that most really good-looking people are stupid, so I exceed expectations.

I wish they would take me as I am.

A person who is knowingly bent on bad behavior, gets upset when better behavior is expected of them.

Please don’t expect me to always be good and kind and loving. There are times when I will be cold and thoughtless and hard to understand.

I have never found anybody who could stand to accept the daily demonstrative love I feel in me, and give back as good as I give.

In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

Freedom is to ask nothing. To expect nothing. To depend on nothing.