"I have been called the only man in my cabinet. I have always thought that was a compliment."

"If I had to choose between being a good Jew and a good Israeli, I would choose to be a good Jew."

"We don’t want to be a nation of shopkeepers. We want to be a nation of students, of scholars, of scientists, of artists, of writers. We want to be a nation of people who can sing, who can dance, who c…"

"Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short."

"I don't think there's any difference between a man and a woman in politics, except that a man doesn't have to worry about his hair."