Hillary Clinton quotes

“I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I meet with people all day long. ”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

“I take vitamins. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think I'm chronically exhausted. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think I'm very hardheaded. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“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. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And sometimes we don't calculate it correctly; we either overstate it or understate it. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“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. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I used to sit on the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue and wonder why the Senate was always going into recess, until in my first year I realized how intense the pressure was. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I want to make a difference. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can say that the United States deeply regrets the disclosure of any information that was intended to be confidential, including private discussions between counterparts or our diplomats' personal assessments and observations. ”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

“I won the youth vote in Massachusetts and in California. I did very well with it in Ohio. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I'll get involved in philanthropy. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I'm not going to have some reporters pawing through our papers. We are the president. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I'm too old to be a yuppie.”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

“I've been really at the highest levels of American political life. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“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. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“In every country today, there is politics. It may be authoritarian politics, but there is politics. ”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

“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. ”

— Hillary Clinton

“India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil. ”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton