Hillary Clinton Quotes

I agree with the president Barack Obama. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table.

Hillary Clinton

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• Saddam Hussein was a horrible man, and I am pleased he is no longer running Iraq. But the war was wrong.

  

  Ed Balls
  • War
  • Wrong
  • Iraq

• I am the commander in chief of the United States armed forces, and Iraq is gonna have to ultimately provide for its own security.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Security
  • United States
  • Iraq

• We are not going to abandon Iraq.

  

  Zalmay Khalilzad
  • Going
  • Iraq
  • Abandon

• The U.N. is much more than the case of Iraq.

  

  Hans Blix
  • More
  • Iraq
  • Than

• Candidate Trump held out his hand to Vladimir Putin. He rejected further U.S. intervention in Syria other than to smash ISIS.

  

  Pat Buchanan
  • Hand
  • Trump
  • Syria

• There was no such thing as Al Qaeda in Iraq, until George Bush and John McCain decided to invade Iraq.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Iraq
  • Invade
  • Al Qaeda

• The problems of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq can be solved by political means

  

  Igor Ivanov
  • Political
  • Problems
  • Iraq

• There is great concern in the European Union about the need for Syria to take much more action to control terrorism in its territory and from its territory.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Great
  • Control
  • Action

• It is inconceivable that military commanders would permit their troops to cross an international border without explicit political authorization to do so. That clearly would be a decision solely for your Government.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Political
  • Government
  • Decision

• Robin and I had been good friends for nearly 30 years and that friendship survived our policy disagreements over Iraq, ... He was the greatest parliamentarian of his generation and a very fine foreign secretary. I deeply mourn his loss.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Good
  • Friends
  • Friendship

• We can't get into a situation of bargaining with terrorists because this would put many more people's lives at risk, not only in Iraq but around the world.

  

  Jack Straw
  • People
  • World
  • Risk

• As far as 'Syria next on the list', we made clear that it is not.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Syria

• That is the evidence. We look to the Iranians to desist from anything that they have been involved in the past, and also to use their very considerable influence with Hezbollah to ensure that this continued use of Hezbollah technology stops in Iraq.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Past
  • Technology
  • Evidence

• I've never said that troops should be withdrawn. What I've said is, is that we've got to make sure that we secure and execute the rebuilding and reconstruction process effectively and properly, and I don't think we should have an artificial deadline when to do that.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Thinking
  • Iraq
  • Should Have

• What we have done, I think, is build a model from a lot of hard lessons in Afghanistan and Iraq but in other places around the world, where we are working with them in an advisory capacity.

  

  Barack Obama
  • World
  • Thinking
  • Done

• Sectarian politics gets votes in Iraq. But sectarian government fails in Iraq.

  

  Ahmed Chalabi
  • Government
  • Vote
  • Failing

• It is not just the vulgar, premature bawdiness of pro-war triumphalists which I find revolting. It is that they accuse anti-war people of being uncaring about the people of Iraq, and the lack of concern that these proponents of war show for the bodies of the killed and those maimed and injured by their invasion.

  

  Yasmin Alibhai
  • People
  • War
  • Iraq

• Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the "Iraq War" of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous.

  

  Van Jones
  • War
  • History
  • Government

• Saddam's goal is to achieve the lifting of U.N. sanctions while retaining and enhancing Iraq's weapons of mass destruction programs. We cannot, we must not and we will not let him succeed.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • Iraq
  • Lifting
  • Mass Destruction

• The PMF should be loyal only to Iraq, not to anyone else: loyal to Iraqi official institutions, the commander in chief in the country, rather than political parties or any other force outside or inside Iraq.

  

  Haider al-Abadi
  • Force
  • Iraq
  • Parties

• Prayer is something deeper than words. It is present in the soul before it has been formulated in words. And it abides in the soul after the last words of prayer have passed over our lips.

  

  Ole Hallesby
  • Soul
  • Words
  • Present

• For the warrior, every moment is a challenge to be genuine, and each challenge is delightful. When you let go properly, you can relax and enjoy the challenge.

  

  Chogyam Trungpa
  • Challenge
  • Relax
  • Warrior

• Because I'm associated with an avant-garde sensibility, people think I'm looking down on popular culture, but I don't want to be part of a new elitism.

  

  Robert Wyatt
  • Culture
  • Sensibility
  • Elitism

• I agree with the president Barack Obama. I've said myself, we will not send American combat troops back to either Syria or Iraq - that is off the table.

  

  Hillary Clinton
  • Iraq
  • Troops
  • Syria