Quotes By Hillary Clinton

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.

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.

I think it's fair to say that diplomacy today requires much more of that if you're the United States of America than it did 10, 20, 30, 40 years ago.

I am neither frustrated nor planning anything other than being the best Secretary of State I could be.

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.

Egypt is a large, complex, very important country.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

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'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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.'

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.

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.

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.

I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.

I don't think the Egyptian people want to see what is a very clear effort to obtain political and economic rights turn into any kind of new form of oppression or suppression or violence or letting loose criminal elements.

Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

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

The nuclear arsenal that Pakistan has, I believe is secure. I think the government and the military have taken adequate steps to protect that.

Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.

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

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

Egypt has been a partner of the United States over the last 30 years, has been instrumental in keeping the peace in the Middle East between Egypt and Israel, which is a critical accomplishment that has meant so much to so many people.

I wish I were taller and thinner but the hair you can do something about.