Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle. – Hillary Clinton
Hard men present hard choices – none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. – 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 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 cannot have development in today’s world without partnering with the private sector. – Hillary Clinton
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. – 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 learned to be far more skeptical of what I’m told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to be much more cautious, always, in any action or vote that could lead to the use of American military power and most particularly what we call ‘boots on the ground.’ – Hillary Clinton
The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don’t want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon. – 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 believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century. – 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
You know, one of the things my husband says when people say ‘Well, what did you bring to Washington,’ he said, ‘Well, I brought arithmetic.’ – Hillary Clinton
My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy losing four Americans – two diplomats and, now it’s public so I can say, two CIA operatives. – Hillary Clinton
I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio. – 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
China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world. – Hillary Clinton
Our country’s motto is e pluribus unum: out of many, we are one. Will we stay true to that motto? – Hillary Clinton
When you’re the presidential nominee you get to pick whomever you choose to be on the ticket, and that person gets to say yes or no because, obviously, it’s a very important decision. – Hillary Clinton
One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people’s character more than what they did. – Hillary Clinton
I had a personal email when I was in the Senate, as the vast majority of senators do. It was very convenient. I did all of my business on personal emails. – 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
