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Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton (born 1947) is an American politician, diplomat, and lawyer who served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013, U.S. Senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and First Lady from 1993 to 2001. In 2016, she became the first woman nominated for president by a major U.S. political party.

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

Freedom

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

— Hillary Clinton

History

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Religion

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

History

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

— Hillary Clinton

Business

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

— Hillary Clinton

Family

“I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done.”

— Hillary Clinton

Wisdom

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Experience

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

— Hillary Clinton

Best

“Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.”

— Hillary Clinton

Women

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Good

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

— Hillary Clinton

Family

“I believe that the rights of women and girls is the unfinished business of the 21st century.”

— Hillary Clinton

Business

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

— Hillary Clinton

Home

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Money

“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

Great

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Government

“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.”

— Hillary Clinton

Men

“Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.”

— Hillary Clinton

Finance

“We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally.”

— Hillary Clinton

Time