Hillary Clinton quotes

Born
October 26, 1947, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Occupation
Politician, lawyer, diplomat.

Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton is an American politician and the Democratic Party nominee for President of the United States in the 2016 election. She served as the 67th United States Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, the junior United States Senator representing New York from 2001 to 2009.

When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.
– Hillary Clinton

I’ve never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.
– 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

I like live audiences, with real people – virtual reality is no substitute.
– 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

It’s impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.
– 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

You have to be true to yourself.
– Hillary Clinton

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.
– 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

I believe in delegating power.
– Hillary Clinton

I have a lot of stamina and I have a lot of resilience.
– Hillary Clinton

Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.
– Hillary Clinton

Human rights are women’s rights, and women’s rights are human rights.
– Hillary Clinton

Let’s continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.
– 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 can’t stand whining.
– Hillary Clinton

You can’t just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.
– 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 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’m undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
– Hillary Clinton

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.
– Hillary Clinton

Extremism thrives amid ignorance and anger, intimidation and cowardice.
– 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

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

We need more good jobs that reward hard work with rising wages, dignity, and a ladder to a better life.
– 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

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

You show people what you’re willing to fight for when you fight your friends.
– 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

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.
– Hillary Clinton

Showing up is not all of life – but it counts for a lot.
– Hillary Clinton

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

There is no formula that I’m aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.
– Hillary Clinton

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.
– Hillary Clinton

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.
– 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

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

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.
– 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

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don’t contribute to the growth of their countries.
– 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

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

‘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

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

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

I am repeating the facts and the facts are I did not send nor did I receive material marked classified.
– Hillary Clinton

We’ll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.
– Hillary Clinton

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description… You have to create it for yourself.
– 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

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

There’s a difference between fair game and playing games.
– Hillary Clinton

You don’t walk away if you love someone. You help the person.
– 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

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 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

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

You know, my view is that we have a big world out there.
– 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

I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late ’90s.
– 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 believe in transparency.
– 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

Gay rights are human rights.
– Hillary Clinton

I always run inclusive and successful organisations.
– Hillary Clinton

Women standing up for each other is critically important.
– Hillary Clinton

Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.
– 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

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

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
– Hillary Clinton

There is a sense that things, if you keep positive and optimistic about what can be done, do work out.
– 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

 

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

I’m too old to be a yuppie.
– Hillary Clinton

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they’re not.
– 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

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 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 am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.
– Hillary Clinton

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.
– Hillary Clinton

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child’s life.
– 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

What we have to do… is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.
– 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

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.
– Hillary Clinton

Let’s continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.
– Hillary Clinton

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.
– Hillary Clinton

I don’t have any comment on who the people of Russia choose to be their leaders.
– Hillary Clinton

I think I’m chronically exhausted.
– Hillary Clinton

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

I believe in a zone of privacy.
– 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

I don’t think I’ve read any of the books that have been written about me.
– Hillary Clinton