Eleanor Smeal Quotes

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.

I think Hillary Clinton is vastly intelligent and good-hearted and extremely qualified.

We think it's so important that we get [Carolyne] Maloney in that seat [in Congress]. It's one of the reasons; we also think that she is a unique person that deserves it and would help advance women's rights.

Mr. Trump has said that he wants a vice president who knows Washington, is able to deal with the Congress, and could be viewed as somebody who could be president.

'Time Magazine' declared Hillary Clinton the 'perfect' age to be president because she's a postmenopausal woman who is 'biologically primed' to lead.

Do I want more women elected to Parliament? Absolutely. I devote significant amounts of time to getting more women in that situation.

I will not allow my experience to scare off other young women or girls from running for office. For the sake of all of us we cannot let that happen.

We need to do a better job of mentorships and role models to bring other young women along so that there's more women in our boardrooms, there's more women here in the United States Senate and in Congress. I think there's an important role for women to play.

When I first ran for office in 2010, I was 32 years old. The average age in Congress was 69. I was a brown woman whose name was Reshma Saujani - a name most people couldn't pronounce. And there was never a South Asian woman who had ever run for United States Congress before.

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

I first decided to run for Congress when I was 29 - and became a Representative at the age of 30.

I would love John McCain as president.

Hillary Clinton has been The Smartest Woman in the World in her circle since 1970 when she went away to college.

Hillary Clinton is still - she's such a private person.

Congress needs to step up. Congress needs to do their job, and Congress needs to do their job now.

Hillary Clinton is very strong and very smart.

Hillary Clinton has emphasized that she is afflicted with or possessed of the responsibility gene.

I'm running [ for presidency] because we need to take our country back.

They're talking about putting a woman on the $20 bill. And Hillary said, 'I'm available.'

[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.

Every time a woman runs, women win.

I served in Washington, DC for twelve years in the Congress of the United States, and I served with many Republicans and Democrats, men and women of goodwill. The potential is there to really change the direction of this country, but it's going to take leadership do it.

Hillary Clinton is incredibly prepared and smart on all of the issues.

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

Here's what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We're the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so.