Hillary Clinton Quotes About Politics

• I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill my profession, which I entered before my husband was in public life

  Hillary Clinton

  Life, Husband, Women

  Campaign remarks, Chicago, Ill., 16 Mar. 1992

• We must stop thinking of the individual and start thinking about what is best for society.

  Hillary Clinton

  Anger, Thinking, Society

• Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights. Let us not forget that among those rights are the right to speak freely - and the right to be heard.

  Hillary Clinton

  Rights, Politics, Speak

  Hillary Rodham Clinton, United States. Executive Office of the President (1995). “Remarks by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton: United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women, September 5-6, 1995, China”

• It's time that we move from good words to good works, from sound bites to sound solutions.

  Hillary Clinton

  Moving, Sound, Politics

  "Today on the Presidential Campaign Trail". www.foxnews.com. February 20, 2008.

• Don't confuse having a career with having a life.

  Hillary Clinton

  Careers, Balance, Work And Life

• It's so much more fun to watch FOX when it's someone else being blitzed & sacked!

  Hillary Clinton

  Fun, Watches, Politics

  "Clinton delivers big hit with tweet, but who was target? Obama or Fox News?", www.foxnews.com. February 3, 2014.

• I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

  Hillary Clinton

  Christian, Politics, Wonder

  C-SPAN broadcast, June 21, 2004.

• Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat. Women often have to flee from the only homes they have ever known. Women are often the refugees from conflict and sometimes, more frequently in today's warfare, victims. Women are often left with the responsibility, alone, of raising the children.

  Hillary Clinton

  Husband, Children, Father

  Hillary Cinton's speech at the conference on domestic violence in San Salvador, El Salvador, clintonwhitehouse3.archives.gov. November 17, 1998.

• I'm sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you're not patriotic, and we should stand up and say, "We are Americans and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration!"

  Hillary Clinton

  Encouragement, Tired, Patriotic

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the annual Democratic Party Jefferson-Jackson-Bailey Day fund raising dinner in Connecticut, April 28, 2003.

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

  Hillary Clinton

  Girl, Strong Women, Independent Women

• Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Quality, Passionate

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

  Hillary Clinton

  Friends, Fighting, People

  "The Agenda". Book by Bob Woodward, June 6, 1994.

• If there is truth or merit in the criticism, try to learn from it. Otherwise, let it roll right off you.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspiring, Strong Women, Empowerment

  "Living History".

• Over the years, so many of the barriers that prevented people from getting married, crossing lines of faith or color or ethnicity have just disappeared. Because what's important is: 'Are you making a responsible decision? Have you thought it through? Do you understand the consequences?' And I think in the world that we're in today we need more of that.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Color, Years

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

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Art, Optimistic

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.41, Simon and Schuster

• You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.

  Hillary Clinton

  Husband, Thinking, Politics

• In the Bible it says they asked Jesus how many times you should forgive, and he said seventy times seven. Well, I want you all to know that I'm keeping a chart.

  Hillary Clinton

  Forgiveness, Jesus, Political

  "Hillary the Pol" by Connie Bruck, www.newyorker.com. May 30, 1994.

• We need to understand that there is no formula for how women should lead their lives. that is why we must respect the choices that each woman makes for herself and her family. Every woman deserves the chance to realize her God-given potential.

  Hillary Clinton

  Choices, Needs, Politics

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2006). “It Takes a Village”, p.196, Simon and Schuster

• Too many women in too many countries speak the same language, of silence.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Silence, Politics

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2004). “Living History”, p.277, Simon and Schuster

• We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

  Hillary Clinton

  Inspirational, Kindness, Successful

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2012). “It Takes a Village”, p.175, Simon and Schuster

• Parenthood has the power to redefine every aspect of life - marriage, work, relationships with family and friends. Those helpless bundles of power and promise that come into our world show us our true selves- who we are, who we are not, who we wish we could be.

  Hillary Clinton

  Our World, Self, Work Relationships

  Hillary Rodham Clinton (2012). “It Takes a Village”, p.24, Simon and Schuster

• From her concession speech: Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it...You can be so proud that, from now on, it will be unremarkable for a woman to win primary state victories, unremarkable to have a woman in a close race to be our nominee, unremarkable to think that a woman can be the President of the United States. And that is truly remarkable.

  Hillary Clinton

  Winning, Thinking, Glasses

  Announcing Suspension of Presidential Campaign, delivered 7 June 2008, National Building Museum, Washington, D.C.

• To LGBT men and women worldwide, let me say this: wherever you live and whatever the circumstances of your life, whether you are connected to a network of support or feel isolated and vulnerable, please know that you are not alone.

  Hillary Clinton

  Men, Support, Lgbt

  International Human Rights Day Address at Palais des Nations, delivered 6 December 2011, Geneva, Switzerland

• Whether I am meant to or not, I challenge assumptions about women. I do make some people uncomfortable, which I'm well aware of, but that's just part of coming to grips with what I believe is still one of the most important pieces of unfinished business in human history - empowering women to be able to stand up for themselves.

  Hillary Clinton

  Believe, Unfinished Business, People

  "The New 'Comeback' Clinton: From Rival to U.S. Cabinet". Interview with Jonathan Van Meter, Vogue Magazine, abcnews.go.com. November 21, 2009.

• We used to say in the White House that if a place is too dangerous, too small or too poor, send the First Lady.

  Hillary Clinton

  White, House, Firsts

  "Hillary Clinton". Book by Jean F. Blashfield, 2010.

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