Quotes By Hillary Clinton

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.

The United States strongly condemns the illegal disclosure of classified information. It puts people's lives in danger, threatens our national security, and undermines our efforts to work with other countries to solve shared problems.

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.

You can't just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.

You have to be true to yourself.

I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

In the aftermath of September 11, and as the 9/11 Commission report so aptly demonstrates, it is clear that our intelligence system is not working the way that it should.

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.

I, for one, respect those who believe with all their hearts and conscience that there are no circumstances under which any abortion should ever be available.

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

I've been really at the highest levels of American political life.

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.

I take vitamins.

The challenge is to practice politics as the art of making what appears to be impossible, possible.

What we have to do... is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities.

I feel like every day, every minute I have to make the most of.

For centuries, New York has served as the gateway for millions of people from all over the world in search of the American dream. It only makes sense that it would now serve as a gateway for the world's greatest athletes.

I sometimes think that I didn't leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.

You know no one will ever accuse me as having the same policies as George W. Bush.

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.

I always run inclusive and successful organisations.

There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people.

The safe haven that al-Qaida has found in Pakistan is very troubling.

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.