Quotes By Hillary Clinton

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

The truth is that sometimes it is hard even for me to recognize the Hillary Clinton that other people see.

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

My feeling is if you're going to be a leader, you have to carefully assess where people are and where people want to go.

One of my goals upon becoming Secretary of State was to take diplomacy out of capitals, out of government offices, into the media, into the streets of countries.

I drink tons of water. Just as much water as I can possibly drink.

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.

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

I certainly don't read coverage of me, I read what else is going on that I need to know about to do my job.

I think that you can disagree with people and debate over their positions with issues without engaging in the politics of personal destruction.

My wish for the new millennium is for all children... to grow up wiser, and stronger and more prosperous for the future than ever before.

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

Europe is a miracle.

I never thought I would end up being the Senator from New York.

I think I'm chronically exhausted.

I don't think I've read any of the books that have been written about me.

People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.

The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges that confront this nation and realize that we each have a role that requires us to change and become more responsible for shaping our own future.

I think I'm very hardheaded.

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

You feel sometimes when you hear analysts and knowledgeable people talking about Iran that they fear so much about the survival of the regime, because deep down it's not a legitimate regime, it doesn't represent the will of the people, it's kind of morphed into kind of a military theocracy.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.

When an army unit returns from service in Iraq or Afghanistan, it barely gets a breather before it begins training for its next deployment.

I love New York.

Every president, if you watch what they look like when they come into office, you can see their hair turn white because it's such a hard job.

I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.

I am someone who hopes for the best and prepares for the worst.

It should never be a crime to be gay.

I don't think we should be about the business of denying voters in Michigan and Florida the right to be heard.

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.