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" I think there are still unanswered questions about Benghazi. I think there are unanswered questions, and they could be easily answered. But I think they need to be answered. "

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" I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough. "

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" We need a common enemy to unite us. "

" People have the right to protest - that's what democracy is all about. I have no problem with people exercising their democratic rights. "

" I got the chance to be the secretary of state; I'm an international relations specialist. It doesn't get better than that. "

" There was no silver bullet that could have prevented the 9/11 attacks. "

" We needed to go back on the offense and offer clear leadership on Iraq. "

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" I think golf can be one of those places where we act and we hope that people act as we would like them to act all the time. "

" I've found that in places where women have not really been afforded full rights yet - for instance, in the Middle East - even very conservative politicians in the region will say, 'You know, my daughter would really like to meet you,' or, 'Would you send a note to my granddaughter?' "

" I'm saying there is no way that I will do this, because it's really not me. I know my strengths, and governor Romney needs to find someone who wants to run with him. There are many people who will do it very, very well, and I'll support the ticket. "

" When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience. "

" I remember, when I was 6 years old, we were having an event at school where different dolls were on display. I said that the tallest doll needed to be on the end, and my little friend said to me, 'Oh, you're just so bossy.' I remember thinking that wasn't a good thing. But I kept insisting the doll had to be on the end anyway. "

" After all, when the world looks to America, they look to us because we are the most successful political and economic experiment in human history. "

" I'm quite content to spend my life helping young people find themselves. I've had my fill of politics. "

" My mom was a teacher - I have the greatest respect for the profession - we need great teachers - not poor or mediocre ones. "

" The idea the president of the United States was warned that Al-Qaeda was going to attack the United States and did nothing about it - really? Do you think any president of the United States, if he had even an inkling there was going to be an attack, they wouldn't have moved heaven and earth to try to stop it? "

" We're in a new world. We're in a world in which the possibility of terrorism, married up with technology, could make us very, very sorry that we didn't act. "

" My father joined our party because the Democrats in Jim Crow Alabama of 1952 would not register him to vote. The Republicans did. "

" There are those who would draw a sharp line between power politics and a principled foreign policy based on values. This polarized view - you are either a realist or devoted to norms and values - may be just fine in academic debate, but it is a disaster for American foreign policy. American values are universal. "

" I've been in enough positions to respect people with different views. "

" Success is not assured, but America is resolute: this is the best chance for peace we are likely to see for some years to come - and we are acting to help Israelis and Palestinians seize this chance. "

" We will continue to work together in our common fight against terror. "

" I will never forget the bright September day, standing at my desk in the White House, when my young assistant said that a plane had hit the World Trade Center - and then a second one - and a third, the Pentagon. "

" Football is like war. It's about taking territory. "

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" I have enormous respect for people who do run for office. "

" I'm a very happy university professor... the best thing about being a university professor is that you see young people as they're being shaped and molded toward their own future, and you have a chance to be a part of that. "

" When I talk to students - and I still think of myself more than anything as a kind of professor on leave - they say, 'Well, how do I get to do what you do?'... And I say, 'Well, you have to start out by being a failed piano major.' And my point to them is don't try to have a 10-year plan. Find the next thing that interests you and follow that. "

" My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him. "

" You aren't going to be successful as a diplomat if you don't understand the strategic context in which you are actually negotiating. It is not deal making. It's not. "

" You go to war when there is a security threat, and Saddam Hussein was seen as a threat to our interests and our security. "

" The people of the Middle East share the desire for freedom. We have an opportunity - and an obligation - to help them turn this desire into reality. "