Hillary Clinton Quotes

“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

“I don't have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.”

— 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

“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

“Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.”

— Hillary Clinton

“I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.”

— 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

“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

You have to be true to yourself.

— Hillary Clinton

“People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.”

— Hillary Clinton

“I have to defend my husband.”

— Hillary Clinton

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

— Hillary Clinton

“I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.”

— 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

“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

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

— Hillary Clinton

“My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections 'Carried Away' and 'Runaway.'”

— 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

“[Donald Trump] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from it.”

— Hillary Clinton

“LGBT Americans are our colleagues, our teachers, our soldiers, our friends, our loved ones, and they are full and equal citizens and deserve the rights of citizenship. That includes marriage. I support it personally, and as a matter of policy and law.”

— Hillary Clinton

It is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back. We need more than a plan for the big banks. The middle class needs a raise. And we need more jobs.

— Hillary Clinton

“I think there were bad actors in the government and bad actors in the finance, mortgage, markets industries that need to be called out and held accountable.”

— Hillary Clinton

I've often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it's going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that's probably what you should do.

— Hillary Clinton

“But fighting to give women and girls a fighting chance isn't a nice thing to-do. It isn't some luxury that we get to when we have time on our hands to spend. This is a core imperative for every human being in every society. If we do not continue the campaign for women's rights and opportunities, the world we want to live, the country we all love and cherish, will not be what it should be.”

— Hillary Clinton

“What we are learning around the world is that if women are healthy and educated, their families will flourish. If women are free from violence, their families will flourish. If women have a chance to work and earn as full and equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, communities and nations do as well.”

— Hillary Clinton

“There are resources to help and simple steps that parents, preschools, businesses, and communities can take to help our kids succeed, because we're all in this together, and that's what the Too Small to Fail Initiative is all about.”

— Hillary Clinton

“It was outrageous that [Donald Trump] would be advocating [that] women who exercise their constitutional right and have autonomy over their healthcare decisions would be criminals, along with the doctors that served them. He did try to walk it back - I think pretty unconvincingly.”

— Hillary Clinton

When Donald Trump says a distinguished judge born in Indiana can't do his job because of his Mexican heritage, or he mocks a reporter with disabilities, or calls women pigs, it goes against everything we stand for.

— Hillary Clinton

“In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it's most sacred teachings - preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.”

— Hillary Clinton

“It is time to put policy ahead of politics and success ahead of the status quo. It is time for a new strategy to produce what we need: a stable Iraq government that takes over for its own people so our troops can finish their job.”

— Hillary Clinton

“It's very much in our interest to unite [with Bernie Sanders] as quickly as possible to begin the campaign against Donald Trump. And I think the facts really speak for themselves. I have a won a big majority of the popular vote of the states, of pledged delegates, and we want to go forward in a positive and unified way.”

— Hillary Clinton

Ultimately of course, parents must take responsibility for their children's health, .. Our message must be: What you don't know about your children's health insurance options can hurt them. It's up to you to find out if your child is eligible for this health insurance.

— Hillary Clinton

“Innovation, having fun and giving back, should be the core values for everyone”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think what President [Barack] Obama has done is to chart a steady course. When I was there, the first four years we had a lot of cleanup to do. We inherited a lot of bad feelings from the [George W.] Bush administration, and much of what I spent my time doing was traveling around the world reassuring friends and allies.”

— Hillary Clinton

“It is important to recognize the limited ability of the legal system to prescribe and enforce the quality of social arrangements.”

— Hillary Clinton

“What I did was permitted. My emails went to state.gov accounts. I did what I did, and I've said that it was a mistake. I've tried to do the best I could to get that information out to people.”

— Hillary Clinton

You can bloom wherever you're planted, if you put enough effort into it.

— Hillary Clinton

“From her concession speech: Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it ... You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.”

— Hillary Clinton

When women thrive, economies thrive.

— Hillary Clinton

I'm sorry. I don't recall

— Hillary Clinton

“Simply put, we have to be smart about how we use our power. Not because we have less of it – indeed, the might of our military, the size of our economy, the influence of our diplomacy, and the creative energy of our people remain unrivaled. No, it's because as the world has changed, so too have the levers of power that can most effectively shape international affairs.”

— Hillary Clinton

We have to figure out how to deal with Iran as the principal state sponsor of terrorism in the world.

— Hillary Clinton

When Donald Trump says, "Let's make America great again," that is code for let's take America backward. Back to a time when opportunity and dignity were reserved for some, not all. Back to the days when abortion was illegal, women had far fewer options, and life for too many women and girls was limited. Well, Donald, those days are over.

— Hillary Clinton

It is difficult finding intelligence that is actionable in a lot of these places, but we have to keep trying.

— Hillary Clinton

“I called for a consumer protection financial bureau before it was created. And I think the best evidence that the Wall Street people at least know where I stand and where I have always stood is because they are trying to beat me in this primary.”

— Hillary Clinton

“Many of the fights that are going on are not ones that the United States has either started or have a role in. The Shi'a-Sunni split. The dictatorships have suppressed people's aspirations. The increasing globalization without any real safety valve for people to have a better life. We saw that in Egypt. We saw a dictator overthrown. We saw a Muslim brotherhood president installed, and then we saw him ousted and the army back.”

— Hillary Clinton

“Of course, ISIS is a terrible organization that has to be defeated. And, of course, we need a strong military. But just as with every other agency of government, you know what, the military also has got to get rid of waste and fraud and cost overruns.”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think that there is a strong argument that our [USA's] leadership, our strength, our influence begins with having an economy that is producing good jobs with rising incomes, and I see the connection there.”

— Hillary Clinton

“I have been very consistent over the course of my entire life. I have always fought for the same values and principles.”

— Hillary Clinton