Hillary Clinton Quotes

"Americans have fought their way back from tough economic times.  But, the deck is still stacked in favor of those at the top.  Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion."

"Prosperity can't be just for CEO's and hedge fund managers.  Democracy can't just be for billionaires and corporations."

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

"Gay rights are human rights."

"I think that if you live long enough, you realize that so much of what happens in life is out of your control, but how you respond to it is in your control.  That's what I try to remember."

"Human rights are women's rights and women's rights are human rights."

"There's no doubt in my mind that without the involvement of women in the economy, in politics, in peace making, in every aspect of society, you can't realize (a country's) full potential."

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

"The difference between a politician and a statesmen is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesmen thinks about the next generation."

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

"We need a new politics of meaning.  We need a new definition of civil society which answers the unanswerable question, to how we can have a society that fills us up again and makes us feel we are part of something bigger than ourselves."

"Republicans trip over themselves promising lower taxes for the wealthy and fewer rules for the biggest corporations without regard for how that will make income inequality even worse . . . They pledge to wipe out rules on Wall Street, rather than rein in the banks that are still too risky."

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

"The search for meaning should cut across all kinds of religious and ideological boundaries."

"If you want to know how strong a country's health system is, look at the well being of it's mothers."

"We cannot ignore the inequities that persist in our justice system.  Inequalities that undermine our most deeply held values of fairness and equality."