Top 100 Hillary Clinton Quotes
#1. 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.
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#2. I feel like I have to do the best job I can to basically say, "OK, I understand - you have every right to be angry, but anger is not a plan. Here's what I want to do, and that's why I hope you will support me, because I think it will actually improve the lives of Americans."
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#3. It is absolutely clear to me that we have to keep the internet open
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#4. 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.'
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#5. I plead that it's very difficult when you deal with ISIS and organizations like that whose behavior is so barbaric and so vicious that it doesn't seem to have any purpose other than lust for killing and power and that's very difficult to put ourselves in the other shoe.
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#7. I don't think all the blame lies with Wall Street. I think a lot of the blame lies with the [George W.] Bush administration. They went back to trickle-down economics. They took their eye off the mortgage market, they took their eye off the finance markets, and we ended up in a big mess.
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#8. 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.
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#9. I rarely meet a young man who doesn't already think he is.
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#10. I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.
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#12. We shouldn't leave the work of politics to people who run for public office.
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#13. 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.
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#14. I am a sensitive person, so it is actually saddening to learn that these poverty-stricken families are most of the time mistreated or looked down upon. Help the poor, like how you would want to be helped if you were in their position.
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#15. Wealthy women have rights in every country. And poor women don't.
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#16. No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family's care. But at the same time, government can either support or undermine families as they cope with moral, social and economic stresses of caring for children.
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#17. I took the unprecedented step of asking that the State Department make all my work-related emails public for everyone to see.
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#18. 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.
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#19. If Planned Parenthood and Human Rights Campaign were part of the establishment, that would be time for all of us to just quit having to work so hard and defend it and fight for it.
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#20. 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.
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#21. [Muammar] Gaddafi probably had more blood on his hands of Americans than anybody else.
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#23. A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to the same tools of opportunity as men.
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#24. The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.
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#25. Does it make any sense at all that the chair of a national party would want fewer voters to see our candidates?
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#26. Look at the very people who are involved in this. They have popped up in other settings. The great story here for anybody willing to find it, write about it and explain it is this vast right-wing conspiracy that has been conspiring against my husband since the day he announced for president,
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#27. Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything. When asked if she had a diary.
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#28. 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.
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#29. Not too long ago, my opponent made a prediction. He said I would probably win Pennsylvania, he would win North Carolina, and Indiana would be the tiebreaker. Well, tonight we've come from behind, we've broken the tie, and, thanks to you, it's full speed on to the White House.
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#30. 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.
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#31. We need a wide variety of ways for voters to get a good look at our candidates.
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#32. I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me.
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#33. There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.
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#34. I have to confess that it's crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.
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#35. 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.
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#36. It's so much more fun to watch FOX when it's someone else being blitzed & sacked!
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#37. The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description ... You have to create it for yourself.
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#38. Of course, the economy has not been working for most Americans. Yes, of course, we have special interests that are unfortunately doing too much to rig the game.
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#39. I think what the president [Barack Obama] understands, and what he's trying to do, is that we have to support the Arab and Kurdish fighters on the ground who are actually doing the fighting.
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#40. Don't let anybody tell you that raising the minimum wage will kill jobs,
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#42. I believe, and that is that I am the strongest candidate to take it to the Republicans and win in November [2016].
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#43. I'm really looking forward to both meeting with Sen. [Bernie] Sanders as soon as our campaign teams find a time that works for both of us and talking with him about how we are going to defeat Donald Trump and then how the goals that he and I share can be achieved.
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#44. We'll get things done together. Democrats, Republicans, independents, we're going to make progress together when I'm president.
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#45. There are those who offer themselves as leaders who even play politics with a nomination of our nations chief law enforcement officer, finally, Loretta Lynch will be able to assume the position she has trained her lifetime for.
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#47. As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace.
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#48. I've often thought that the gauntlet of American politics is more individualistic, more expensive, more unpredictable than in many other democracies.
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#49. There is no doubt that the increasing numbers of women in the economy has helped fuel significant growth everywhere. And economies that are making the shift more effectively and rapidly are dramatically outperforming those that have not.
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#50. I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.
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#51. I will take a backseat to no one in keeping America safe. I have a very clear set of proposals about how we defeat ISIS.
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#52. I remember, particularly, a trip to Bosnia where the welcoming ceremony had to be moved inside because of sniper fire.
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#53. I bring the experiences of women. As a daughter, as a mother, as a wife, as a sister. That is who I am. Those experiences are part of me. And it is part of our American journey that we have moved through so much of what used to hold people back because of gender, because of race.
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#54. Senator Kennedy inspired so many with his decades of service, so I can't think of a more fitting tribute then working to educate and motivate future generations of citizens and public servants alike.
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#55. I'm going to keep speaking out about what Donald Trump says, because I'm getting messages from leaders around the world who are just bewildered. They want to know what's going on.
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#56. I don't believe that people vote for President based on spouses. I don't even think they vote much based on vice presidents or any other factor. I think they choose between the two people who are running.
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#57. One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.
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#58. I'm the most transparent secretary of state because of that. I've been willing to say, "OK, read them [emails] all."
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#60. I believe that what I've worked for - women and children, civil rights against poverty, trying to level the playing field for people to have a better chance - is what I still believe is important and what I'm trying to do today.
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#61. If I believed in polls, I wouldn't get up in the morning.
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#62. The first step is to take weapons off the streets and to put more police on them.
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#63. You know, we can't keep talking about our dependence on foreign oil and the need to deal with global warming and the challenge that it poses to our climate and to God's creation and just let business as usual go on, and that means something has to be taken away from some people.
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#64. 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.
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#65. Islam is the fastest-growing religion in America, a guide and pillar of stability for many of our people ...
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#66. We can do better ... We can't ignore the inequalities that persist in our justice system that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality.
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#67. Every day is a crossroads. Every day is a chance to change your life and our world for the better.
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#68. 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.
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#69. When we liberate the economic potential of women, we elevate the economic performance of communities, nations, and the world.
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#70. 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.
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#71. I'm thrilled the president [Barack Obama] has endorsed me. We started off as fierce competitors, and we've ended up as true friends and partners and worked together on so many important issues.
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#72. My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.
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#73. Reconciling with an adversary that can be as brutal as the Taliban sounds distasteful, even unimaginable. And diplomacy would be easy if we only had to talk to our friends. But that is not how one makes peace.
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#74. The patterns have become unmistakable and undeniable ... We have to come to terms with some hard truths about race and justice in America.
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#75. 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.
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#76. In the fight for women's rights, the support of men remains crucial.
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#77. 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.
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#78. I probably described more times than I can remember how stressful it was advising the President [Barack Obama] about going after Bin Laden.
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#79. Drug companies should not be allowed to reap excessive profits or spend unreasonable amounts on marketing if they want to receive support that is designed to encourage life- saving and health-improving treatments.
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#80. We need to have a resolve that will bring the world together to root out the kind of radical jihadist ideology that motivates organizations like ISIS, a barbaric, ruthless, violent jihadist terrorist group.
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#81. Listening to what people in other countries are saying and trying to understand how they perceive their place in the world is essential to a future of peace and security at home and abroad.
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#82. I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio.
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#83. 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.
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#84. Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.
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#85. It's time to end the era of mass incarceration. We need a true national debate about how to reduce our prison population.
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#86. I said it was a mistake. It wasn't the best choice. But all my emails have been turned over to the public.
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#87. I'm fighting for people who cannot wait for changes, and I'm not making promises that I cannot keep.
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#88. For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.
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#89. Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.
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#90. I think that we have to look at ISIS as the leading threat of an international terror network. It cannot be contained, it must be defeated.
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#91. 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.
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#92. Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.
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#93. There's a difference between fair game and playing games.
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#94. People make mistakes and I'm certainly not saying you [Bernie Sanders] did it for any kind of financial advantage.
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#96. It's impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.
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#97. 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.
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#98. Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.
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#99. My mother implanted in me as a young girl ... you can either be an actor in your own life, or a reactor in somebody else's.
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#100. I think you know by now that I've been called many things by many people. Quitter is not one of them.
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