“We’re always going to argue about abortion. It’s a hard choice and it’s controversial, and that’s why I’m pro-choice, because I want people to make their own choices.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want to do, who has been a great father, and who will be a fabulous grandfather.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.”
― Hillary Clinton
“People can judge me for what I’ve done. And I think when somebody’s out in the public eye, that’s what they do. So I’m fully comfortable with who I am, what I stand for, and what I’ve always stood for.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In almost every profession – whether it’s law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business – people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We are a country where people of all backgrounds, all nations of origin, all languages, all religions, all races, can make a home. America was built by immigrants.”
― Hillary Clinton
“What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think I’m chronically exhausted.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.”
― Hillary Clinton
“No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days – we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That’s part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Let’s continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If you’re not comfortable with public speaking – and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable – practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You don’t walk away if you love someone. You help the person.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.”
― Hillary Clinton
“To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The candidates we have in this campaign are… the most accomplished, in terms of public service, that we’ve had since 1960. One of them will be successful.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Showing up is not all of life – but it counts for a lot.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.”
― Hillary Clinton
“People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace – all we need is a fighting chance.”
― Hillary Clinton
“American politics is always an open competition.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said 70 times 7. Well, I want you all to know that I’m keeping a chart.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Tonight, tonight we’ve reached a milestone in our nation’s march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president. Standing here, standing here as my mother’s daughter, and my daughter’s mother, I’m so happy this day has come.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Twenty years ago, I wrote a book called ‘It Takes a Village.’ And a lot of people looked at the title and asked, ‘What the heck do you mean by that?’ This is what I mean. None of us can raise a family, build a business, heal a community or lift a country totally alone.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The truth is, through all these years of public service, the ‘service’ part has always come easier to me than the ‘public’ part.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I’ve had quite an unpredictable life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn’t intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we’re going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I take vitamins.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It became clear to me that simply caring is not enough. To drive real progress, you have to change both hearts and laws. You need both understanding and action.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats’ personal assessments and observations.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Let’s not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There’s a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, ‘Well, you know, I kinda get her now.’ I’ve actually had people say that to me.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he could to stay in power with the full support of the Iranians and including Iranian troops and Hezbollah from Lebanon, which are an Iranian proxy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have a lot of reason to believe, as we saw in the 2012 election, most Americans don’t agree with the extremists on any side of an issue, but there needs to continue to be an effort to find common ground, or even take it to higher ground on behalf of the future.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have to defend my husband.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Forgiveness is a way of opening up the doors again and moving forward, whether it’s a personal life or a national life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If a country doesn’t recognize minority rights and human rights, including women’s rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Hard men present hard choices – none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.”
― Hillary Clinton
“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.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. They’re racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“This is what we call smart power. Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security. Leaving no one on the sidelines. Showing respect even for one’s enemies. Trying to understand, in so far as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Helping to define the problems, determine the solutions.”
― Hillary Clinton
“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.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Look at climate change; don’t put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You have to be true to yourself.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Gay rights are human rights.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that’s certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There’s a difference between fair game and playing games.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight your friends.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You cannot have development in today’s world without partnering with the private sector.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It’s impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who’ve historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The safe haven that al-Qaida has found in Pakistan is very troubling.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe in transparency.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve spent so many years commuting, I kind of prefer a home office.”
― Hillary Clinton
“And we’ll build a path to citizenship for millions of immigrants who are already contributing to our economy!”
― Hillary Clinton
“I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors’ appointments or bringing their infants into the office.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity – using clean, renewable energy as the key – into coal country, because we’re going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe in a zone of privacy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now, look, I – I like to look at evidence. I plead to that. I think evidence is important when you’re making decisions that affect other people’s lives.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went through a period where we wore those little ribbon ties, little bows. We tried to figure out what was our appropriate dress.”
― Hillary Clinton
“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.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think it’s fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you’re the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We’ll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think that strategically it is smart to begin cutting your options when the other side does not move at all.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it’s not a legitimate regime, it doesn’t represent the will of the people, it’s kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description… You have to create it for yourself.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I will read anything by Laura Hillenbrand, Walter Isaacson, Barbara Kingsolver, John le Carre, John Grisham, Hilary Mantel, Toni Morrison, Anna Quindlen and Alice Walker.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Hamas, we know, embeds missiles, embeds command-and-control units in civilian areas.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I learned to be far more skeptical of what I’m told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to be much more cautious, always, in any action or vote that could lead to the use of American military power and most particularly what we call ‘boots on the ground.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“I respect the Congress’s oversight responsibility.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The Arctic is going to be an area of intense interest. Russia has the longest coastline in the world with the Arctic.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.”
― Hillary Clinton
“And I believe we should strengthen unions which have formed the bedrock of a strong middle class. It should be easier to bargain collectively. That’s not only fair, it makes workers more productive, it strengthens our economy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.”
― Hillary Clinton
“China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world.”
― Hillary Clinton
“And to all of your supporters here and around the country: I want you to know, I’ve heard you. Your cause is our cause. Our country needs your ideas, energy, and passion. That is the only way we can turn our progressive platform into real change for America. We wrote it together – now let’s go out and make it happen together.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I still passionately support comprehensive immigration reform legislation with a path to full and equal citizenship.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We need more good jobs that reward hard work with rising wages, dignity, and a ladder to a better life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I can’t stand whining.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can’t, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they’re not.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King’s legacy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq’s economy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We’re saying that for America to get back on track, we’re probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We’re going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.”
― Hillary Clinton
“For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world’s greatest athletes.”
― Hillary Clinton
“All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting – it’s kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn’t mean that we’re going to agree.”
― Hillary Clinton
“As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I’ve had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it’s such a hard job.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people’s lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, ‘How do we calculate the risk?’ And sometimes we don’t calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies – smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We don’t have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Dynamism is a function of change.”
― Hillary Clinton
“On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You can’t just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I sometimes think that I didn’t leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now I know that Wal-Mart’s policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My wish for the new millennium is for all children… to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.”
― Hillary Clinton
“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.”
― Hillary Clinton
“No nation can meet the world’s challenges alone.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It should never be a crime to be gay.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None. I mean, I know that’s hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don’t.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.”
― Hillary Clinton
“This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn’t have that experience.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m too old to be a yuppie.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I’m trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I’m doing now.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve been really at the highest levels of American political life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When my hair was shorter, I used to get it done every couple of days… but I got tired of that.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have won elections and I have lost elections.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I love New York.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don’t.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I always run inclusive and successful organisations.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Whether a woman’s running for office or she’s supporting her husband who’s running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there’s just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I certainly don’t read coverage of me, I read what else is going on that I need to know about to do my job.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There’s no day that is the same as the day before. So you have to be energized; you have to be focused.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your control. That’s what I try to remember.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When you’re the presidential nominee you get to pick whomever you choose to be on the ticket, and that person gets to say yes or no because, obviously, it’s a very important decision.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Egypt is a large, complex, very important country.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.”
― Hillary Clinton
“What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My feeling is if you’re going to be a leader, you have to carefully assess where people are and where people want to go.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The first lesson I’ve learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms – I mean, what works for you doesn’t necessarily work for your friend.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I try to read for pleasure whenever I can – it’s a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn’t get fried.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush.”
― Hillary Clinton
“A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone’s human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now, I know there are many Americans who say, ‘Get out of Afghanistan. Bring ’em all home.’ And there are others who say, ‘Put in hundreds of thousands of more.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe in delegating power.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I meet with people all day long.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one’s face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Europe is a miracle.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve never understood multi-party democracy. It’s hard enough with two parties.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I can’t stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they’re not happy with the choices they’ve made.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m in charge of the State Department’s 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Oh, I’ve never been asked a silly question in my entire life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don’t want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I mean, I’m a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.”
― Hillary Clinton
“’Smart power’ is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict – not just send our military in.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I want to make a difference.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?… Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices… people are struggling with those profound issues.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I like live audiences, with real people – virtual reality is no substitute.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Of course, parents are the most important people in a child’s life.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You’re not a leader if you haven’t been elected.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You have to test your ideas in a public forum.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don’t contribute to the growth of their countries.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I’m in. So I’m no expert on it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m one of those people who thinks that changing one’s hair is the only part of the body that you can change at will.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is no formula that I’m aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.”
― Hillary Clinton
“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.”
― Hillary Clinton
“It’s true that America can’t solve every problem, but I don’t know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ll get involved in philanthropy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You can go into neighborhoods in the United States where people dress a certain way because they don’t want to be out of touch, where boys wear pants down to their knees, which nobody has compelled them to do but they pick up the cultural norms, or where girls are improperly dressed by my eyes, but that’s what they see in the media.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think I’m very hardheaded.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.”
― Hillary Clinton
“India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren’t so. I really, really do.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don’t they?”
― Hillary Clinton
“A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There’s always a desire to please each one.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Look, I’m outspoken.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think I’ve read any of the books that have been written about me.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don’t they?”
― Hillary Clinton
“I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I’m well aware of that.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that’s bad for everybody.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There hasn’t been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Don’t let anybody tell you it’s corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old theory, ‘trickle-down economics.’ That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You know, one of the things my husband says when people say ‘Well, what did you bring to Washington,’ he said, ‘Well, I brought arithmetic.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When you’re down on yourself, and when you are hunkering down and pulling back, you’re not going to make any better decisions than when you were aggressively, belligerently putting yourself forward.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Israel has a right to defend itself.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have been working or attending school full time since I was 13.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ve been in the hospital once when I had my daughter, and, oh, when I broke my elbow, but other than that, I’ve been very fortunate.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If you get so unequal that people believe they don’t have a chance, that the field isn’t level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections ‘Carried Away’ and ‘Runaway.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I traveled as secretary of state, I was deluged with thick briefing books full of information about the politics, economy, and culture of each destination, so those took up most of my reading time.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I chose to leave a career as a young lawyer in Washington to move to Arkansas to marry Bill and start a family, my friends asked, ‘Are you out of your mind?’”
― Hillary Clinton
“I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface-to-air missiles to bring down a commercial airline, that is a form of terrorism.”
― Hillary Clinton
“With respect to Iraq, I did favour the continuity of American forces to work with the new Maliki government. They had enormous needs for intelligence, for training on everything from airplanes to more sophisticated ground equipment and the like.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Everyone can change.”
― Hillary Clinton
“You don’t make peace with your friends. That’s the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late ’90s.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I helped to restore America’s leadership.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The most important questions for anybody thinking of running for president are not ‘Will you run and can you win?’ There is, ‘What is your vision for America? And can you lead us there?’”
― Hillary Clinton
“Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.”
― Hillary Clinton
“George W. Bush is very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I think every election is sui generis. I think it starts with where we are in the country at this time, with what Americans are thinking, feeling and hoping, and it proceeds from there. And it is always about the future.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Americans deserve to feel secure in their own lives, in their own middle-class aspirations, before you go to them and say, ‘We’re going to have to enforce navigable sea lanes in the South China Sea.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“I can’t drive anymore.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy losing four Americans – two diplomats and, now it’s public so I can say, two CIA operatives.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One of the biggest problems that Egypt faces is the lack of border security – the importation of weapons on their way to Gaza, for example, coming out of Sudan.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I really get up every day and try to deal with the problems that are in front of me, and I don’t really worry about history. That will work itself out over time.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I want to work with my husband and my daughter on our mutual foundation interests.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’m somebody who gets up every day and says, ‘What am I going to do today, and how am I going to do it?’ I think it moves me toward some outcome I’m hoping for and also has some, you know, some joy attached to it.”
― Hillary Clinton
“There are some people in politics and in the press who can’t be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that’s regrettable.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that’s built in.”
― Hillary Clinton
“If you can’t compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people’s character more than what they did.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I wish I had some stock in a scrunchie company.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My father was a small-businessman, and if he didn’t get up and go to work, there would be no business.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I don’t think it’s at all weakening of the system if people with the same last name put themselves forward to the electorate, when their experiences, their character, and in my case, gender, may be different.”
― Hillary Clinton
“When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Women standing up for each other is critically important.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I happen to have given lots of free speeches.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I had a family that supported me.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Remember, before they called it Obamacare, they called it Hillarycare.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I represented Wall Street, as a senator from New York, and I went to Wall Street in December of 2007 – before the big crash that we had – I basically said, ‘Cut it out! Quit foreclosing on homes! Quit engaging in these kinds of speculative behaviors.’”
― Hillary Clinton
“You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena. And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down.”
― Hillary Clinton
“We are still living with a double standard. I know it. Every woman I know knows it, whether you’re in the media as a woman, or you’re in the professions or business or politics.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Good grief, we’re getting offended by everything these days! People can’t say anything without offending somebody.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I am repeating the facts and the facts are I did not send nor did I receive material marked classified.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Most importantly I never sent classified material on my email and I never received any that was marked classified.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails.”
― Hillary Clinton
“One of the reasons this election is so important is because the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. We need to overturn that terrible Supreme Court decision, Citizens United, and then reform our whole campaign finance system.”
― Hillary Clinton
“And I will repeat today what I have said throughout this campaign. I will not raise taxes on the middle class. I will give you tax relief to help ease these burdens.”
― Hillary Clinton
“But I can tell you another engine for growth and job creation would be comprehensive immigration reform.”
― Hillary Clinton
“A historic investment in jobs, debt-free college, profit sharing, making those at the top pay their fair share, putting families first in a modern economy and a democracy where working people’s voices are actually heard. That is what we are fighting for in this election.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now there is a new request. To release transcripts of speeches that were given. When everybody agrees to do that, I will as well. It is important we all abide by the same standards. So let’s do the tax return standard first, because that has been the standard for a long time.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I’ll work to ensure that every single refugee who seeks asylum in the United States has a fair chance to tell his or her story. This is the least we can offer people fleeing persecution and devastation.”
― Hillary Clinton
“America is stronger because of President Obama’s leadership, and I’m better because of his friendship.”
― Hillary Clinton
“The family I’m from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a different kind. Builders in the way most American families are. They used whatever tools they had – whatever God gave them – and whatever life in America provided – and built better lives and better futures for their kids.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Well, I will be a president for Democrats, Republicans and independents, for the struggling, the striving, the successful, for all those who vote for me and for those who don’t. For all Americans together.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Now, I don’t think President Obama and Vice President Biden get the credit they deserve for saving us from the worst economic crisis of our lifetimes. Our economy is so much stronger than when they took office.”
― Hillary Clinton
“My primary mission as president will be to create more opportunity and more good jobs with rising wages right here in the United States. From my first day in office to my last, especially in places that for too long have been left out and left behind.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe America thrives when the middle class thrives.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I believe climate change is real and that we can save our planet while creating millions of good-paying clean energy jobs.”
― Hillary Clinton
“And I want to thank Bernie Sanders. Bernie, your campaign inspired millions of Americans, particularly the young people who threw their hearts and souls into our primary. You’ve put economic and social justice issues front and center, where they belong.”
― Hillary Clinton
“Our country’s motto is e pluribus unum: out of many, we are one. Will we stay true to that motto?”
― Hillary Clinton
“I have to tell you, as your Secretary of State, I went to 112 countries, and when people hear those words, they hear America. So don’t let anyone tell you that our country is weak. We’re not. Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes. We do.”
― Hillary Clinton
“I get it that some people just don’t know what to make of me.”
― Hillary Clinton
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