Hillary Clinton Quotes & Sayings

One of the problems, frankly, the Republicans seem to have had is they don't like his [Donald Trump] personality, his tactics, but they basically agree with him on so many of the issues. — Hillary Clinton

We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society. — Hillary Clinton

I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens of billions of dollars more into the Department of Defense. — Hillary Clinton

I have to defend my husband. — 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

What I want people to know is I went to Wall Street before the crash. I was the one saying you're going to wreck the economy because of these shenanigans with mortgages. I called to end the carried interest loophole that hedge fund managers enjoy. I proposed changes in CEO compensation. — Hillary Clinton

Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared. Because what's important is: 'Are you making a responsible decision? Have you thought it through? Do you understand the consequences?' And I think in the world that we're in today we need more of that. — Hillary Clinton

I don't spend my hours plotting for somebody else's downfall. — Hillary Clinton

You have to test your ideas in a public forum. — Hillary Clinton

When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved. — Hillary Clinton

Marriage equality is the law of the land. Officials should be held to their duty to uphold the law-end of story. — Hillary Clinton

What's important here is that the Republicans agree with [Donald Trump]. — Hillary Clinton

I'm a progressive who likes to get things done. — Hillary Clinton

Wall Street can never be allowed to threaten main street again. No bank can be too big to fail, no executive too powerful to jail. — Hillary Clinton

You're going to get a lot of advice coming from many different quarters to do things that don't feel right to you, that don't reflect who you are and what your values are. So you have to be grounded in who you are and what you believe. — Hillary Clinton

I think people need to remember what the situation was when President [Barack] Obama came into office. — Hillary Clinton

You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector. — Hillary Clinton

I rarely meet a young man who doesn't already think he is. — Hillary Clinton

You have Donald Trump just making outright fabrications, accusing me of something that is absolutely untrue. — Hillary Clinton

I think we do not need to send more jobs to low wage countries. I think corporate America has to start investing in this country and create decent paying jobs here. — Hillary Clinton

Why extremists always focus on women remains a mystery to me. But they all seem to. It doesn't matter what country they're in or what religion they claim. They all want to control women. They want to control how we dress. They want to control how we act. They even want to control the decisions we make about our own health and our own bodies. Yes, it is hard to believe but even here at home we have to stand up for women's rights and we have to reject efforts to marginalize any one of us, because America has to set an example for the entire world. — Hillary Clinton

The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better than the private sector will spend it. — 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 have never lost faith in America's essential goodness and greatness. — Hillary Clinton

What I was saying back then was that we have a lot of public health costs that taxpayers end up paying for through Medicaid, Medicare, through uncompensated care, because that was in the context of the push for health care reform and that we needed some way to try to defray those costs. — Hillary Clinton

I challenge assumptions about women. — 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

Let me repeat what I have repeated for many months now. I never received nor sent any material that was marked classified. — Hillary Clinton

I am 100% in the camp that says forgiveness is mostly about the forgiver. — Hillary Clinton

I think you have to take the man at his word. [Donald Trump] is kind of an equal-opportunity insulter. He started by calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals. He moved on to denigrating John McCain's heroism during the Vietnam War. He has gone after people with disabilities. He has said Muslims should be kept out of our country. He certainly has gone after individual women in the media, in the political arena. — Hillary Clinton

There is no substitute for love and caring and compassion and human beings helping one another. — Hillary Clinton

We must urgently begin to rebuild the bonds of trust and respect among Americans. Restoring trust in our politics, our press, our markets. — Hillary Clinton

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. — Hillary Clinton

It should never be a crime to be gay. — Hillary Clinton

I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late '90s. — Hillary Clinton

We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces. — 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'm going to be pitching Andy Cohen on a new show for Bravo. We can call it 'Project Pantsuit.' — 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 one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy. — Hillary Clinton

I want to congratulate Senator [Bernie] Sanders for the extraordinary campaign ... He has spent his long career in public service, fighting for progressive causes and principles, and he has excited millions of voters, especially young people. — Hillary Clinton

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position. — Hillary Clinton

I also believe that we have to protect our country and lead the world with strength and steadiness, and we have to unify our country and you know that's what I want the Democratic Party to stand for and that's what I hope my presidency will achieve. — Hillary Clinton

I'm so grateful this day has ended well. — Hillary Clinton

Oh I know it well, love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. — 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

Look at what I've done my entire life. I have been working on behalf of civil rights, women's rights, human rights for years and I know how challenging it is to change our political system and I have the highest regard for those who have put themselves on the line. — Hillary Clinton

One lesson I have learned the hard way, and there will not be any such thing in the White House. Although, I am quick to add, there's no evidence that it was ever hacked. And unfortunately, you can't say that for a lot of the government. — Hillary Clinton

Some may have doubted us, but we never doubted each other. — Hillary Clinton

I agree with the secretary [Hillary Clinton] that I think what has to happen - and let me just mention what King Abdullah of Jordan said. I think he hit the nail on the head. — 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

I want the public to see my email. I asked State to release them. They said they will review them for release as soon as possible. — Hillary Clinton

At a time of change and challenge at home and abroad, these investments will enhance the security of Americans, assure the future American leadership, and help build the foundations of peace, stability, and prosperity in the years ahead. — Hillary Clinton

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow. — 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

I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go "ugh." I wouldn't like her either. It's so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am. — Hillary Clinton

What Secretary Ash Carter is looking at is the constant pressure that Russia's putting on our European allies. The way that Russia is trying to move the boundaries of the post-World War II Europe. The way that he is trying to set European countries against one another, seizing territory, holding it in Crimea. Beginning to explore whether they could make some inroads in the Baltics. — 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

Being human, we are imperfect. That's why we need each other. To catch each other when we falter. To encourage each other when we lose heart. Some may lead; others may follow; but none of us can go it alone. — Hillary Clinton

It is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find them and bring them to justice, and then maybe we'll figure out what was going on in the meantime. — Hillary Clinton

Today, you've got hedge fund billionaires aligned with Karl Rove, running ads against me to try to get Democrats to vote for you [Bernie Sanders]. I know this game. I'm going to stop this game. — 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

We are going backwards in a field that's supposed to be all about moving forward — Hillary Clinton

I agree completely with Secretary Colin Powell, who said today this is an absurdity. And so I think the American people will know it's an absurdity. I have absolutely no concerns about it whatsoever. — 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

I am not going to wait and have us plunge back into a contentious national debate that has very little chance of succeeding. Let's make the Affordable Care Act work for everybody. — Hillary Clinton

Struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy. — 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

I am a fan of the social policies that you find in Europe — Hillary Clinton

We cannot let a minority of people hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people — Hillary Clinton

We know that much of the training and the direction for terrorists comes from Pakistan and the border area with Afghanistan — Hillary Clinton

I have a history with charismatic, attractive men who just wear me out, — Hillary Clinton

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. — Hillary Clinton

It's important to take criticism seriously - not personally. — Hillary Clinton

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. — Hillary Clinton

If you LIKE your email provider, you can KEEP your email provider. Period. — Hillary Clinton

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice. — Hillary Clinton

I'm not going to put my lot in with economists. — Hillary Clinton

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible. — 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

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 we've got to look at corporate law. Back in the day when I studied it, there were different constituencies that were to be served, and I think there was a real wrong turn about 20 to 25 years ago when the theory began to be promoted that your highest duty - in fact, some would argue, your only duty - is to maximize shareholder return. I just don't buy it. And it wasn't the original underpinnings of the legal theory of corporate law. — 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

If we were to normalize relations right now, we would remove one of the biggest pieces of leverage we have to try to influence and change Iranian behavior. — Hillary Clinton

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do. — 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

Religion is about God's truth, but none of us can grasp that truth absolutely, because of our own imperfections and limitations. We are only children of God, not God. Therefore, we must not attempt to fit God into little boxes, claiming that He supports this or that political position. This is not only bad theology; it marginalizes God. — Hillary Clinton

Where we have a different background [with Hillary Clinton] on this issue is we differ on the war in Iraq, which created barbaric organizations like ISIS. — Hillary Clinton

You know, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they? — Hillary Clinton

When I took on the drug companies and the insurance companies for universal health care coverage, they went after me with a vengeance. — Hillary Clinton

You never know in retrospect whether you did or didn't do exactly the right thing, stay-at-home mothers, gone-away mothers, all ofus worry whether we should have done something differently than we did. — Hillary Clinton

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it. — Hillary Clinton

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel. — 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

I don't think you could find any person in political life today who has been subjected to more attacks and had more money spent against her by special interests, among whom you have named a few, than I. — Hillary Clinton

We acknowledge-now with President Obama-that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we along with other developed countries have contributed most significantly to the problem we face with climate change. — Hillary Clinton

People make mistakes and I'm certainly not saying you [Bernie Sanders] did it for any kind of financial advantage. — 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

Let's learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve. — 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