Famous Quotes

Quotes by Hillary Clinton

• I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.
• I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.
• I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.
• I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.
• I believe in delegating power.
• I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.
• 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.
• I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.
• I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.
• I feel very lucky because of my parents and then my education, the opportunities that I've had, so I would like to continue working to improve lives for others.
• I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.
• I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.
• 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 mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over.
• I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas.
• I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.
• I think we have to face the reality that in a society where there is a legitimate threat of terrorism, not being able to see one's face, not being able to have some sense of communication in that way, is for many societies a challenge.
• 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 want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.
• I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.
• I'm one of these very focused people when it comes to day-to-day work, and I'm trying not to think about what comes next so that I can stay very focused on what I'm doing now.
• I'm one of those people who thinks that changing one's hair is the only part of the body that you can change at will.
• I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.
• I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
• 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.
• If a country doesn't recognize minority rights and human rights, including women's rights, you will not have the kind of stability and prosperity that is possible.
• If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.
• 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.
• In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics.
• In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.
• In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles.
• 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.
• In too many instances, the march to globalization has also meant the marginalization of women and girls. And that must change.
• It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.
• It is often when night looks darkest, it is often before the fever breaks that one senses the gathering momentum for change, when one feels that resurrection of hope in the midst of despair and apathy.
• 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.