Hillary Clinton Quotes About Middle Class

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

  Hillary Clinton

  Class, America, Lasts

  Hillary Clinton's economic policy speech, May 29, 2007.

• I'm not going to tell people that I will raise your incomes and not your taxes, and not mean it, because I don't want to see the kind of struggle that the middle class is going through exemplified by these promises that would raise taxes and make it much more difficult for many, many Americans to get ahead and stay ahead. That is not my agenda.

  Hillary Clinton

  Struggle, Mean, Class

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

• The middle class is both real and aspirational. And I want to make sure that it remains strong and it gives people a sense of security and confidence and optimism about their futures.

  Hillary Clinton

  Strong, Real, Class

  "Clinton, Trump Present Starkly Different Messages On The Middle Class". "All Things Considered" with Kelly Mcverth, www.npr.org. October 3, 2016.

• We are the United States of America. And it's our job to rein in the excesses of capitalism so that it doesn't run amok and doesn't cause the kind of inequities we're seeing in our economic system. But we would be making a grave mistake to turn our backs on what built the greatest middle class in the history.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Jobs, Mistake

  Source: www.counterpunch.org

• It is a campaign to break down every barrier that holds you back. We need more than a plan for the big banks. The middle class needs a raise. And we need more jobs.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Class, Needs

  Source: www.msnbc.com

• This country of ours, this system of ours, the rule of law, the opportunity to get an education and go as far as your hard work and ambition will take you, and we created the biggest engine of economic growth in the world, the American middle class.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Hard Work, Ambition

  Source: time.com

• I'm a proud product of the American middle class.

  Hillary Clinton

  Class, Proud, Middle

  "Clinton, Trump Present Starkly Different Messages On The Middle Class". "PRE News & Ideas" by Kelly Mcevers, Tamara Keith, publicradioeast.org. October 3, 2016.

• Let's stop for a second and remember where we were eight years ago [in 2008]. We had the worst financial crisis, the Great Recession, the worst since the 1930s. That was in large part because of tax policies that slashed taxes on the wealthy, failed to invest in the middle class, took their eyes off of Wall Street, and created a perfect storm.

  Hillary Clinton

  Wall, Eye, Eight

  Source: time.com

• We've got to get back to rebuilding the middle class, the families of America. That's where growth will come from.

  Hillary Clinton

  Class, America, Growth

  The third presidential debate between Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

• My father loved to complain about big business and big government, but we had a solid middle class upbringing. We had good public schools. We had accessible health care. We had our little, you know, one-family house that, you know, he saved up his money, didn't believe in mortgages.

  Hillary Clinton

  Father, Believe, School

  Source: www.buzzfeed.com

• I want to make college tuition-free for the middle class and debt-free for everyone else.

  Hillary Clinton

  College, Class, Debt Free

  "Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump Discuss Student Debt, Immigration, and More". Interview with Judith Ohikuare, www.cosmopolitan.com. October 11, 2016.

• Donald Trump would end up raising taxes on middle-class families.

  Hillary Clinton

  Class, Ends, Middle

  Source: www.independent.co.uk

• I`m running for president because everyday Americans and their families need a champion, and I want to be that champion. I want to make the words middle class mean something again.

  Hillary Clinton

  Running, Mean, Class

  Source: www.nbcnews.com

• I am not somebody who just says let's beat up on the bad guys. No. I want to summon the good guys and give people the incentives and opportunities to actually grow this economy, put more people to work, get the middle class really feeling like they're back in business.

  Hillary Clinton

  Opportunity, Class, Giving

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

• I can only say that I'm certainly relieved that my late father never did business with Donald Trump. He provided a good middle-class life for us, but the people he worked for, he expected the bargain to be kept on both sides.

  Hillary Clinton

  Father, Class, People

  "Trump vs. Clinton: Full Transcript Of First Presidential Debate 2016". www.ibtimes.com. September 27, 2016.

• When the middle class thrives, the country thrives, and when it doesn't, we don't.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Class, Middle

  Source: time.com

• Independent experts have looked at what I've proposed and looked at what Donald's [Trump] proposed, and basically they've said this, that if his tax plan, which would blow up the debt by over $5 trillion and would in some instances disadvantage middle-class families compared to the wealthy, were to go into effect, we would lose 3.5 million jobs and maybe have another recession.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, Independent, Blow

  Source: time.com

• What I want to do is make sure middle class kids, not Donald Trump's kids, get to be able to afford college.

  Hillary Clinton

  Kids, College, Class

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the Clinton-Sanders Democratic presidential debate in Durham, New Hampshire, hosted by MSNBC, www.nytimes.com. February 4, 2016.

• What I believe is the more we can do for the middle class, the more we can invest in you, your education, your skills, your future, the better we will be off and the better we'll grow. That's the kind of economy I want us to see again.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Class, Skills

  Transcript: First presidential debate at Hofstra University, www.cbsnews.com. September 27, 2016.

• My plan is based on growing the economy, giving middle-class families many more opportunities. I want us to have the biggest jobs program since World War II, jobs in infrastructure and advanced manufacturing.

  Hillary Clinton

  Jobs, War, Opportunity

  Transcript of the Third Presidential Debate, www.nytimes.com. October 20, 2016.

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