Hillary Clinton

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.

I think I'm very hardheaded.

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

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

When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

Democracy is still a radical idea in a world where we often confuse images with realities, words with actions.

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

When women participate in the economy, everyone benefits.

We have a close, unshakable bond between the United States and Israel, and between the American and Israeli people. We share common values and a commitment to a democratic future for the world, and we are both committed to a two-state solution. But that doesn't mean that we're going to agree.

Im undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.

You have to be true to yourself.

When a new president comes in, a new president gets to clean house.

I can't drive anymore.

No nation can meet the world's challenges alone.

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.

I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that's built in.

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.

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.

I had a family that supported me.

Our prisons and our jails are now our mental health institutions.

Well I think in a marriage you have to be honest and ask yourself, you know, what is my role? What is my responsibility?

You can look at what I did in the Senate. I did introduce legislation to rein in compensation. I looked at ways that the shareholders would have more control over what was going on in that arena. And specifically said to Wall Street, that what they were doing in the mortgage market was bringing our country down.

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.

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

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

When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went through a period where we wore those little ribbon ties, little bows. We tried to figure out what was our appropriate dress.

I always run inclusive and successful organisations.

There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.

I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.

Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.

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.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive and he said 70 times 7. Well I want you all to know that Im keeping a chart.

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to learn how to be comfortable - practice. I cannot overstate the importance of practicing. Get some close friends or family members to help evaluate you, or somebody at work that you trust.

If you believe you can make a difference, not just in politics, in public service, in advocacy around all these important issues, then you have to be prepared to accept that you are not going to get 100 percent approval.

In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.

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.'

Let's not leave an educational vacuum to be filled by religious extremists who go to families who have no other option and offer meals, housing and some form of education. If we are going to combat extremism then we must educate those very same children.

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.

People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.

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.

We can have enough clean energy to power every home.

Look at climate change; don't put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.

Good grief, we're getting offended by everything these days! People can't say anything without offending somebody.

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.

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

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.

The American people are tired of liars and people who pretend to be something they're not.

Every marriage is a mystery to me, even the one I'm in. So I'm no expert on it.

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.

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

Caring for others is an expression of what it means to be fully human.

Everyone can change.

The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.

I am repeating the facts and the facts are I did not send nor did I receive material marked classified.

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.

No society can thrive when half its people are left behind.

Voting is the most precious right of every citizen, and we have a moral obligation to ensure the integrity of our voting process.

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.

When there are no ceilings, the sky's the limit. So let's keep going - let's keep going until every one of the 161 million women and girls across America has the opportunity she deserves to have.

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.

The family I'm from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a different kind. Builders in the way most American families are. They used whatever tools they had - whatever God gave them - and whatever life in America provided - and built better lives and better futures for their kids.

We'll hold out our hand; they have to unclench their fist.

I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that.

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.

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.

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 can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.

Lets continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.

You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends.

I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.

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.'

I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

The people of New York took a big chance on me. And I'm well aware of that.

There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.

Most importantly I never sent classified material on my email and I never received any that was marked classified.

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.

No one has ever abandoned a belief because he was forced to do so.

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.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

I have absolutely no interest in running for president again. None. None. I mean, I know that's hard for some people to believe, but, you know, I just don't.

I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.

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.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old theory, 'trickle-down economics.' That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.

In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or running a small business - people rely on confidential communications to do their jobs. We count on the space of trust that confidentiality provides. When someone breaches that trust, we are all worse off for it.

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty officer in the Navy, he was a man of his times.

I can't stand whining.

You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.

I happen to have given lots of free speeches.

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.

Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he could to stay in power with the full support of the Iranians and including Iranian troops and Hezbollah from Lebanon, which are an Iranian proxy.

You know, I think of the global economy as an inverted triangle, resting on the shoulders of the American consumer. And if the American consumer cannot have enough disposable income in order to maintain a standard of living that creates more opportunities generation after generation, that's bad for everybody.

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.

The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy.

Women standing up for each other is critically important.