Hillary Clinton Quotes

I got a lot of respect for Nancy Pelosi. I love her. She was a mentor of mine.

To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

The First Lady has a lot of power. I hope Hillary Clinton realizes that.

Every time a woman runs, women win.

Sarah Palin has managed to use her failed vice presidential run to put herself in a position of power and influence. Joe Biden won the race and he hasn't been able to put himself in a position of power and influence.

When I first started working in politics, as a junior aide on Walter Mondale's 1984 presidential campaign, it never occurred to me that I would one day work in the White House. There were plenty of women among the volunteers who stuffed envelopes and walked precincts. But there were fewer and fewer on each successive level of influence and access.

As a writer and former elected official, I believe in the power of words.

I don't care about keeping seats of power.

It is a great honor to serve Mississippi as its first female United States Senator.

I'm not a politician, She says evenly. If I want to be one, I'll run for office. Susan Sarandon, whom I know and love, is a fantastic actress. It's her right as an American to say whatever she wants. [But] just because you're rich and famous doesn't qualify you to make political statements. I don't put my opinions out there to influence people. You have alot of influence. And sometimes I feel it's undeserved influence.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.

Throughout Ronnie's presidency, there was an ongoing public discussion as to how much influence the first lady should have on the president. It's hardly a new problem. As long as mankind has lived in groups, there's always been a question of how to handle the boss's wife.

It's difficult to say there's something I dislike the most about Hillary Clinton. Frankly, in a weird way, she's had to eat a whole lot of excrement sandwiches in her life, and some days she's had mustard to put on them and some days not. Some days mayonnaise and some days just plain.

[Hillary Clinton] isinsatiably curious, she's a natural leader, she's a good organiser, and she's the best darn change maker I ever met in my entire life. This is a really important point for you to take out of this convention.

Hillary Clinton the centraliser that inter-connects all these different cogs.

I don't have to make a point. I'm George Bush. I'm the president. I built that arena, so I don't have to make a point.

Change the world is maybe Obama's job.

Nothing had excited me-the huge cars, the entourages, the bodyguards, the policeman jumping to attention, all meant nothing to me ... till I came to the old man's office. (On becoming prime minister)

I think Joe Leiberman has been one of the leaders of the country... people have such a broad respect for him as a moral force.

I've often wished we had more women in the Senate.

I think if you were to talk to women who have run, both successfully and unsuccessfully, nearly all of them would say, "You learn so much." You learn about yourself, what you're capable of doing.... And it doesn't have to all happen when you're young - I mean, one of the most powerful women in American politics is Nancy Pelosi. She had five children. She didn't go into politics until her youngest child was in high school.... That's one of the great things about being a woman in today's world: You have a much longer potential work life than our mothers or our grandmothers did.

[It's] Rare for a first lady to be running for president.

The only way to make a difference is to acquire power.

Everyone has to take Donald Trump seriously, and I think that's what we're seeing.

My father was prime minister, and to take care of his home, to be his hostess, automatically meant to have my hands in politics - to meet people, to know their games, their secrets.