We need more good jobs that reward hard work with rising wages, dignity, and a ladder to a better life.
You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it’s not a legitimate regime, it doesn’t represent the will of the people, it’s kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.
I have a lot of reason to believe, as we saw in the 2012 election, most Americans don’t agree with the extremists on any side of an issue, but there needs to continue to be an effort to find common ground, or even take it to higher ground on behalf of the future.
When you’re down on yourself, and when you are hunkering down and pulling back, you’re not going to make any better decisions than when you were aggressively, belligerently putting yourself forward.
I think every election is sui generis. I think it starts with where we are in the country at this time, with what Americans are thinking, feeling and hoping, and it proceeds from there. And it is always about the future.
Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
I’ve had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
I also believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity for the United States and European Union to lead the world in developing and implementing new and more efficient technologies – smart electrical grids and electrical vehicles.
I take vitamins.
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.’
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.
Now I know that Wal-Mart’s policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.
American politics is always an open competition.
Remember, before they called it Obamacare, they called it Hillarycare.
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.
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
Dynamism is a function of change.
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.
I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.
India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.
Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?
I have to tell you, as your Secretary of State, I went to 112 countries, and when people hear those words, they hear America. So don’t let anyone tell you that our country is weak. We’re not. Don’t let anyone tell you we don’t have what it takes. We do.
Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.
Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.
I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.
You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush.
Gay rights are human rights.
George W. Bush is very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because of PEPFAR, the President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief.
I try to read for pleasure whenever I can – it’s a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn’t get fried.
I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.
The first lesson I’ve learned is that no matter what you do in your life, you have to figure out your own internal rhythms – I mean, what works for you doesn’t necessarily work for your friend.
Now there is a new request. To release transcripts of speeches that were given. When everybody agrees to do that, I will as well. It is important we all abide by the same standards. So let’s do the tax return standard first, because that has been the standard for a long time.
I am repeating the facts and the facts are I did not send nor did I receive material marked classified.
I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.
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.
I think it’s fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you’re the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.
It’s impossible to know what happens in the fog of war.
Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.
There are some people in politics and in the press who can’t be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that’s regrettable.
The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description… You have to create it for yourself.
I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.
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.
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.
You know, just to be grossly generalistic, you could put half of Trump’s supporters into what I call the basket of deplorables. They’re racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, Islamaphobic – you name it.
My two secrets to staying healthy: wash your hands all the time. And, if you can’t, use Purell or one of the sanitizers. And the other is hot peppers. I eat a lot of hot peppers. I for some reason started doing that in 1992, and I swear by it.
Showing up is not all of life – but it counts for a lot.
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.
There’s a difference between fair game and playing games.
There hasn’t been anybody whose life has been picked apart and distorted as much as mine.
I don’t think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me.
When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.
I believe in delegating power.
Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.
Now, I know there are many Americans who say, ‘Get out of Afghanistan. Bring ’em all home.’ And there are others who say, ‘Put in hundreds of thousands of more.’
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.
I meet with people all day long.
Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.
When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.
It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates of peoples, where their children’s and grandchildren’s fates, are decided.
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.
If you can’t compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.
Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.
Everyone can change.
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