former Secretary of State Quotes

I have known Secretary [Hillary] Clinton for 25 years and respect her very much.

I actually like Hillary Clinton. I like Barack Obama.

Do you know how I feel about that? I'm sure this is no big surprise... what a mistake. I should never have voted for that, but I accepted what [former Secretary of State] Colin Powell and the others said. But it took me just a matter of a few months to realize it was a bad mistake, and my record speaks for itself. I've spoken out against what was going on, not once, not twice, but lots of times. And I'm sorry that I was misled, but I was, and it was a mistake for me to vote for that war.

[Hillary Clinton] is also smart, she talks to people, she hears, and she says, "OK, I need to update, we need some much bigger changes."

I think Hillary Clinton is vastly intelligent and good-hearted and extremely qualified.

Hillary [Clinton] is neither the demon of the right's perception, nor a feminist saint, nor is she particularly emblematic of her time perhaps more old-fashioned than modern.

[Hillary Clinton] and I are fine. Are we going to be besties for the rest of our lives? No.

We have had the pleasure of speaking with Hillary [Clinton] [and for Hillary] for many years now. It's always an incredibly warm experience - like you are speaking to someone who genuinely wants to work with you and for you.

It's difficult to say there's something I dislike the most about Hillary Clinton. Frankly, in a weird way, she's had to eat a whole lot of excrement sandwiches in her life, and some days she's had mustard to put on them and some days not. Some days mayonnaise and some days just plain.

[Hillary Clinton] isinsatiably curious, she's a natural leader, she's a good organiser, and she's the best darn change maker I ever met in my entire life. This is a really important point for you to take out of this convention.

John Kerry is a sphincter. Okay, that's a bit juvenile.

Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.

Hillary Clinton the centraliser that inter-connects all these different cogs.

Hillary Clinton is a person who has enormous - I have enormous respect for, has a very distinguished career.

Hillary Clinton is somebody of great intelligence. She is somebody who really loves this country, who speaks forcefully and well for American interests and values.