Hillary Clinton

I learned to be far more skeptical of what I'm told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to be much more cautious, always, in any action or vote that could lead to the use of American military power and most particularly what we call 'boots on the ground.'

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.

No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote.

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

I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity - using clean, renewable energy as the key - into coal country, because we're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.

My father was a small-businessman, and if he didn't get up and go to work, there would be no business.

I wish I had some stock in a scrunchie company.

I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that's built in.

Don't let anybody tell you it's corporations and businesses create jobs. You know that old theory, 'trickle-down economics.' That has been tried, that has failed. It has failed rather spectacularly.

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

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.

I think the world would be a lot better off if more people were to define themselves in terms of their own standards and values and not what other people said or thought about them.