Top 500 Hillary Clinton Quotes (2025 Update)
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151. “Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.”

— Hillary Clinton

152. “My own country’s record on human rights for gay people is far from perfect.”

— Hillary Clinton

153. “I have met thousands and thousands of pro-choice men and women. I have never met anyone who is pro-abortion.”

— Hillary Clinton

154. “It’s always surprising to me how many young women think they have to be perfect. I rarely meet a young man who doesn’t think he already is.”

— Hillary Clinton

155. “I like live audiences, with real people – virtual reality is no substitute.”

— Hillary Clinton

156. “You can’t just give a speech and expect people to fall down and agree with you.”

— Hillary Clinton

157. “We have a lot of kids who don’t know what works means. They think work is a four-letter word.”

— Hillary Clinton

158. “I’m sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we’re Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.”

— Hillary Clinton

159. “I’m so grateful this day has ended well.”

— Hillary Clinton

160. “Rich people, God bless us. We deserve all the opportunities to make sure our country and our blessings continue to the next generation.”

— Hillary Clinton

161. “I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace – all we need is a fighting chance.”

— Hillary Clinton

162. “There cannot be true democracy unless women’s voices are heard. There cannot be true democracy unless women are given the opportunity to take responsibility for their own lives.”

— Hillary Clinton

163. “I am all about new beginnings. A new grandchild, another new hairstyle, a new email account. Why not a new relationship with the press?”

— Hillary Clinton

164. “I wish we weren’t fighting all the time to protect women’s rights, to protect women’s health.”

— Hillary Clinton

165. “I rarely meet a young man who doesn’t already think he is.”

— Hillary Clinton

166. “There is a great deal of political pressure to only talk about abstinence, and to deny support for condoms and education on using them. This policy will lead to the unnecessary deaths of many people.”

— Hillary Clinton

167. “Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.”

— Hillary Clinton

168. “I am surprised at the way people seem to perceive me, and sometimes I read stories and hear things about me and I go “ugh.” I wouldn’t like her either. It’s so unlike what I think I am or what my friends think I am.”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

170. “In every religion, there are those who would drape themselves in the mantle of belief and faith only to distort it’s most sacred teachings – preaching intolerance and resorting to violence.”

— Hillary Clinton

171. “The consciousness-raising, the advocacy, the passion, the youth of your movement is so critical.”

— Hillary Clinton

172. “As women and as lawyers, we must never again shy from raising our voices against sexual harassment.”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

174. “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

175. “No government can love a child, and no policy can substitute for a family’s care. But at the same time, government can either support or undermine families as they cope with moral, social and economic stresses of caring for children.”

— Hillary Clinton

176. “Everyone has some dysfunction in their families. They have to deal with it. You don’t walk away if you love someone. You help the person.”

— Hillary Clinton

177. “Violence toward women isn’t cultural; it’s criminal.”

— Hillary Clinton

178. “Great nations need organizing principles, and ‘Don’t do stupid stuff’ is not an organizing principle.”

— Hillary Clinton

179. “You want me to tell you what my husband thinks? My husband is not secretary of state; I am. If you want my opinion, I will tell you my opinion. I am not going to be channeling my husband.”

— Hillary Clinton

180. “The money has to go to the federal government because the federal government will spend that money better than the private sector will spend it.”

— Hillary Clinton

181. “A democracy depends on the full integration of women into society, especially on seeing to it that they have equal access to the same tools of opportunity as men.”

— Hillary Clinton

182. “I have more understanding, more compassion. I am on a much more important quest for the truth than any of you. You just don’t want me to be president.”

— Hillary Clinton

183. “One thing we know for sure is that change is certain, progress is not.”

— Hillary Clinton

184. “The episodic, reactive, almost frantic pace of what is broadcast makes children feel and act frantic and shortens their attention spans and their patience for activities that take time and problems that don’t yield immediate solutions.”

— Hillary Clinton

185. “Clearly, we need more incentives to quickly increase the use of wind and solar power; they will cut costs, increase our energy independence and our national security and reduce the consequences of global warming.”

— Hillary Clinton

186. “I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.”

— Hillary Clinton

187. “Oh I know it well, love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.”

— Hillary Clinton

188. “For all the injustices in our past and our present, we have to believe that in the free exchange of ideas, justice will prevail over injustice, tolerance over intolerance and progress over reaction.”

— Hillary Clinton

189. “Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.”

— Hillary Clinton

190. “So nice to be a fashion icon in my day.”

— Hillary Clinton

191. “While there are few problems in today’s world that the United States can solve alone, there are even fewer that can be solved without the United States.”

— Hillary Clinton

192. “I made a mistake. That happens. It proves I’m human, which you know, for some people, is a revelation.”

— Hillary Clinton

193. “The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.”

— Hillary Clinton

194. “As long as there are those who are willing to shed blood and take innocent life in the name of religion, the name of God, the world will never know a true and lasting peace.”

— Hillary Clinton

195. “We must urgently begin to rebuild the bonds of trust and respect among Americans. Restoring trust in our politics, our press, our markets.”

— Hillary Clinton

196. “There is still work to be done, but that remains a crucial lesson, you cannot bring peace and security to people just by signing an agreement. In fact, most peace agreements don’t last.”

— Hillary Clinton

197. “A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There’s always a desire to please each one.”

— Hillary Clinton

198. “It is very clear that the people in Afghanistan do not want the Taliban back.”

— Hillary Clinton

199. “I’ve often thought that when something is hard for you, whether it’s going to law school or anything else that challenges you, that’s probably what you should do.”

— Hillary Clinton

200. “I have to confess that it’s crossed my mind that you could not be a Republican and a Christian.”

— Hillary Clinton