The Only Way I Can

A Mistake Is Simply Another Way Of Doing Things

For More Than Eight Decades, Washington Has Been My Hometown. ... It Is A City That Offers Me More People -- More Different Kinds Of People -- Than I Could Otherwise Possibly Have Come To Know In A Lifetime: The Native Washingtonian, The Local Merchant, The Foreign Diplomat, The Ever-present Tourist, The Public Servant, The Journalist, The President, The Friend.

Whatever Power I Exert Is Collegial.

The Thing Women Must Do To Rise To Power Is To Redefine Their Femininity. Once, Power Was Considered A Masculine Attribute. In Fact Power Has No Sex.

No One Can Avoid Aging, But Aging Productively Is Something Else.