Hillary Clinton

I was in civil society long before I was ever in politics or my husband was ever even elected president.

A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability not only of the region but beyond.

Gay rights are human rights.

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.

I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late '90s.

When you're down on yourself, and when you are hunkering down and pulling back, you're not going to make any better decisions than when you were aggressively, belligerently putting yourself forward.

China is starting an English-speaking television network around the world, Russia is, Al Jazeera. And the BBC is cutting back on its many language services around the world.

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

No nation can meet the world's challenges alone.

The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

If you get so unequal that people believe they don't have a chance, that the field isn't level for them and their children, that puts democracy at risk.

Democracies have to be careful that they do not become so process-driven.