Hillary Clinton

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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 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.

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

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.

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.

There is no doubt that America remains the premier political, economic, military power in the world, and I both expect and count on it remaining so, because I think that's certainly in our best interest but also the best interests of the world.

Often times when you face such an overwhelming challenge as global climate change, it can be somewhat daunting - it's kind of like trying to lose weight, which I know something about.

This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.

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

I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.

Freedom means the right of people to assemble, organize, and debate openly.

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

If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

There are 4 billion cell phones in use today. Many of them are in the hands of market vendors, rickshaw drivers, and others who've historically lacked access to education and opportunity. Information networks have become a great leveler, and we should use them together to help lift people out of poverty and give them a freedom from want.

As I speak to you today, government censors somewhere are working furiously to erase my words from the records of history. But history itself has already condemned these tactics.

On some campuses, change is effected through nonviolent or even violent means.

We don't have enough support for maternal leave and the kinds of things that some of the European countries do. So we still make it hard on women to go into the work force and feel that they can be good at work but then doing the most important job, which is raising your children in a responsible and positive way.

Whether a woman's running for office or she's supporting her husband who's running for office and she gets criticised for wearing open-toed shoes or for the colour of her coat, there's just a lot of history that you bear if you are a woman who puts herself out in the political arena.

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

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.

I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.

Dynamism is a function of change.

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.

Going out and playing football or baseball with the boys, when I was a tomboy, was a great way to learn about winning and losing, and most girls didn't have that experience.

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.

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

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

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.

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.

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, people make a lot of money talking about me, don't they?

No nation can meet the world's challenges alone.

I'm undaunted in my quest to amuse myself by constantly changing my hair.

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

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.

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.

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.

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

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.

Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good.

In my family, we were Americans, we were Republicans and we were Methodists.

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.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

Now I know that Wal-Mart's policies do not reflect the best way of doing business and the values that I think are important in America.

We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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