Hillary Clinton

Refraining from violence is not a sign of weakness in one's faith but a sign that one's faith is unshakeable

It is absolutely without contradiction that when women are encouraged to participate in the formal economies of their societies, the economy grows.

I don't spend my hours plotting for somebody else's downfall.

Being human, we are imperfect. That's why we need each other. To catch each other when we falter. To encourage each other when we lose heart. Some may lead; others may follow; but none of us can go it alone.

It's true that America can't solve every problem, but I don't know of any major problem in the world that can be solved without us.

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

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

I sometimes think that I didn't leave the Republican Party, as much as it left me.

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

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.

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

Part of diplomacy is to open different definitions of self-interest.

My feeling is if you're going to be a leader, you have to carefully assess where people are and where people want to go.

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

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.

All of us have to recognize that we owe our children more than we have been giving them.

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.

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

Showing up is not all of life - but it counts for a lot.

Today we voted as Democrats and Republicans. Tomorrow we begin again as New Yorkers.

I fought all my life for women to make their own choices, in their personal and professional lives. I made mine.