"In Afghanistan, there is a plan to build democracy hundreds of thousands of troops are protecting it. There is a plan to rebuild and reconstruct there. But many thousands of Americans die from violence and poverty every year and we don't have a plan for reconstruction at home."

"Both tears and sweat are salty, but they render a different result. Tears will get you sympathy; sweat will get you change."

"While I've spent a lot of quality time with my children, perhaps it's not been enough."

"America is not a blanket woven from one thread, one color, one cloth."

"When you go to war, both sides lose totally."

"A courageous heart knows that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"To be in love is merely to be in a state of perceptual anesthesia - to mistake an ordinary young woman for a goddess."

"When anything goes, it's women who lose."