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.
At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.
Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?
I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.
Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.
I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me.
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 mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over.
It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.
We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.