Hillary Clinton Quotes
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We have a lot that we believe is in the best interests of our country,and I'm looking forward to working with Barack Obama during the campaign and then on after the inauguration.
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We need steady hands, not a president who says he's neutral on Monday, pro-Israel on Tuesday, and who knows what on Wednesday, because everything's negotiable.
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How do we create jobs for so many Americans who are feeling pushed out, not just left out, pushed out of the modern economy. Obviously it's skills and education. But it's also jobs. So if I could do anything it would be to take this moment in time that we've got when, yes, our recovery is better, we've had steadier growth, I don't think President [Barack] Obama frankly gets the credit he deserves for the kind of steady hand that he and his advisers apply to moving through that really dangerous period.
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We are desperately in need of the kind of smart diplomacy that has worked for America in the past. If you use force, it should be a last resort. And it needs to be used with full understanding of the consequences.
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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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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.
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I think that's why I'm so well-suited to this time, because I think the values reflect really profound American values, and I think my agenda would be the best way to really get Americans once again to feel more confident and more optimistic about our future and deliver results, which I think is what it's about.
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Race remains a significant challenge in America.
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I think it's time to send a clear message to what has become the most profitable sector in the entire economy the oil industry, that they are being watched.
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Every woman, whoever she is, wherever she lives, should be able to give birth without the fear she's going to lose her baby or that her baby will lose her mother.
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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.
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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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Racial inequality is a big problem.
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We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt.
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We will never build enough prisons to end our crime problem.
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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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Donald Trump has spent his entire campaign offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters.
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We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.
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When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for a couple of months and then I decided that I was much more in the camp of people like, you know, President Johnson - trying to promote civil rights, voting rights, ending poverty.
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I believe in affordable college, but I don't believe in free college, because every expert that I have talked to says, look, how will you ever control the costs.
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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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I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now.
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Keeping your head down and doing the best job you can in the beginning gives you the opportunity to be evaluated on the basis of the contributions you are making. Then, when you feel strongly about your work or about a position, you'll be given more attention than if you hadn't done that constantly.
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I'm going to be pitching Andy Cohen on a new show for Bravo. We can call it 'Project Pantsuit.'