Top 500 Hillary Clinton Quotes (2025 Update)
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201. “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

202. “There is one lesson from the past, in particular, that we cannot afford to ignore: You cannot make progress on gender equality or broader human development without safeguarding women’s reproductive health and rights.”

— Hillary Clinton

203. “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

204. “I never thought that the long haired, bearded guy I married in law school would end up being President.”

— Hillary Clinton

205. “You know, there’s a great saying in Texas – you’ve all heard it – all hat and no cattle. Well, after seven years of George Bush, we need a lot less hat and a lot more cattle.”

— Hillary Clinton

206. “We regret mistakes were made.”

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

208. “I think many people are not seeing the change. They’re really upset with the current situation. We haven’t seen a major American city go up like this in quite some time.”

— Hillary Clinton

209. “For everyone here in Ohio and across America who’s been ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up – this one is for you.”

— Hillary Clinton

210. “Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don’t they?”

— Hillary Clinton

211. “Laws and traditions that hold back women, hold back entire societies.”

— Hillary Clinton

212. “Our global future depends on the willingness of every nation to invest in its people, especially women and children.”

— Hillary Clinton

213. “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.”

— Hillary Clinton

214. “I’m still amazed at how my mother emerged from her lonely early life as such an affectionate and levelheaded woman.”

— Hillary Clinton

215. “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.”

— Hillary Clinton

216. “Of all the jobs I’ve had, sliming fish was pretty good preparation for life in Washington.”

— Hillary Clinton

217. “When any part of humanity is sidelined, the rest of us cannot sit on the sidelines.”

— Hillary Clinton

218. “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.”

— Hillary Clinton

219. “The only wealth I have to give, is not material – and if you need much more than that, I’m not available.”

— Hillary Clinton

220. “For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy. We must do more than return to that sensible, cooperative approach.”

— Hillary Clinton

221. “Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman.”

— Hillary Clinton

222. “Every woman, whoever she is, wherever she lives, should be able to give birth without the fear she’s going to lose her baby or that her baby will lose her mother.”

— Hillary Clinton

223. “There cannot be true democracy unless all citizens are able to participate fully in the lives of their country.”

— Hillary Clinton

224. “The need for peace in Northern Ireland goes well beyond political stability. It now speaks to regional Europe and even global stability.”

— Hillary Clinton

225. “Countries that will not tax their elite who expect us to come in and help them serve their people are just not going to get the kind of help from us that historically they may have.”

— Hillary Clinton

226. “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.”

— Hillary Clinton

227. “There is no doubt that the increasing numbers of women in the economy has helped fuel significant growth everywhere. And economies that are making the shift more effectively and rapidly are dramatically outperforming those that have not.”

— Hillary Clinton

228. “My husband may have his faults, but he has never lied to me.”

— Hillary Clinton

229. “You cannot have development in today’s world without partnering with the private sector.”

— Hillary Clinton

230. “Real democracy means that no group or faction or leader can impose their will, their ideology, their religion, their desires on anyone else.”

— Hillary Clinton

231. “Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.”

— Hillary Clinton

232. “Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. It comes from taking responsibility and advancing our common humanity.”

— Hillary Clinton

233. “It is because the human experience is universal that human rights are universal.”

— Hillary Clinton

234. “When women thrive, economies thrive.”

— Hillary Clinton

235. “No nation can meet the world’s challenges alone.”

— Hillary Clinton

236. “Despite our best efforts and our highest hopes, America’s long struggle with race is far from finished.”

— Hillary Clinton

237. “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

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

— Hillary Clinton

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

— Hillary Clinton

240. “American leadership is essential.”

— Hillary Clinton

241. “I am a fan of the social policies that you find in Europe.”

— Hillary Clinton

242. “I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history.”

— Hillary Clinton

243. “The first years of life are not just important; they are more crucial to shaping children than any other time. Even before they speak, children are extremely sensitive to the messages adults send them.”

— Hillary Clinton

244. “One of the best investments we can make is to give our kids the ingredients they need to develop in the first five years of life.”

— Hillary Clinton

245. “One day after laying a wreath at the tomb of Martin Luther King Jr., President Bush appoints a federal judge who has built his career around dismantling Dr. King’s legacy.”

— Hillary Clinton

246. “I wonder if it’s possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.”

— Hillary Clinton

247. “Let’s learn from the wisdom of every mother and father who teaches their daughters there is no limit on how big she can dream and how much she can achieve.”

— Hillary Clinton

248. “You know, I’m going to start thanking the woman who cleans the restroom in the building I work in. I’m going to start thinking of her as a human being.”

— Hillary Clinton

249. “I have to defend my husband.”

— Hillary Clinton

250. “Like it or not, women are always subject to criticism if they show too much feeling in public.”

— Hillary Clinton