"I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine."

"It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children's and grandchildren's fates, are decided."

"I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried."

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

"When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing more to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader."

"Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest."

"You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks."

"To conquer fear is to realize that gratitude turns what we have into enough."