Hillary Clinton Quotes

American politician and diplomat (born 1947)

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Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton (born 26 October 1947) is a former United States secretary of state, U.S. senator, and First Lady of the United States. From 2009 to 2013, she was the 67th secretary of state, serving under President Barack Obama. She previously represented New York state in the Senate (2001 to 2009). Before that, as the wife of President Bill Clinton, she was First Lady from 1993 to 2001. In the 2008 election, Clinton was a leading candidate for the 2008 Democratic presidential nomination. In 2016, she became the first female candidate to be nominated for president by a major U.S. political party. Clinton lost the presidential election to Donald Trump on November 8, 2016.

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Birth Name: Hillary Diane Rodham

Alternative Names: Hillary Rodham Clinton • Hillary Rodham • Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • Hillary R. Clinton • First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton • First Lady Hillary Clinton • First Lady Clinton • Hillary Diane Clinton

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No. 1, I believe strongly that we have to get back to leading on issues like health care and education and women's rights around the world. I have introduced legislation called The Education for All Act. And it's bipartisan. I introduced it first in '04 and then we reintroduced it on a bipartisan basis in '07.

For all Americans. Because I believe we are stronger together. It’s a vision for the future rooted in our values and reflected in a rising generation of young people who are the most open, diverse, and connected we’ve ever seen. ... Let’s keep moving forward together. Let’s stand up against prejudice and paranoia. Let’s prove once again, that America is great because America is good.

We need to have strong growth, fair growth, sustained growth. We also have to look at how we help families balance the responsibilities at home and the responsibilities at business.

You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person.

It's time to have wage equality one and for all

You stupid f—ing moron. How could you risk your presidency for this?

There should be no bank too big to fail and no individual too big to jail.

After a major terrorist attack, every society faces a choice between fear and resolve. The world’s great democracies can’t sacrifice our values or turn our backs on those in need. Therefore, we must choose resolve. And we must lead the world to meet this threat.

Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.

I grew up in a middle-class family in the middle of America in the middle of the last century.

I have said publicly no option should be off the table, but I would certainly take nuclear weapons off the table.

No one wants their personal emails made public, and I think most people understand that and respect that privacy.

I did not send classified material, and I did not receive any material that was marked or designated classified.

There are the right ways of doing it, and then there are ways that are ineffective. Stop-and-frisk was found to be unconstitutional and, in part, because it was ineffective. It did not do what it needed to do.

America's strength doesn't come from lashing out. Strength relies on smarts, judgment, cool resolve, and the precise and strategic application of power.