Hillary Clinton

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relationships.

Europe is a miracle.

I've never understood multi-party democracy. It's hard enough with two parties.

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

I can't stand the kind of paralysis that some people fall into because they're not happy with the choices they've made.

I'm in charge of the State Department's 60,000-plus people all over the world, 275 posts.

Oh, I've never been asked a silly question in my entire life.

The Russians and the Chinese have been absolutely clear they don't want to see Iran with a nuclear weapon.

Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.

I mean, I'm a big believer in talking to people when you can and trying to solve problems when you can.

'Smart power' is the use of American power in ways that would help prevent and resolve conflict - not just send our military in.

When I was growing up, my parents always told me that I had to do what I thought was right and not listen to other people. That was hard for me.

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.

I want to make a difference.

You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they might set for themselves. That's part of living and coming to terms with who you are as a person.

When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and homes and hospices... people are struggling with those profound issues.

I like live audiences, with real people - virtual reality is no substitute.

Of course, parents are the most important people in a child's life.

You're not a leader if you haven't been elected.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

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.

The First Lady role is really difficult. It has no job description... You have to create it for yourself.

You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.

One of the things I have been preaching around the world is collecting taxes in an equitable manner, especially from the elites.

There are rich people everywhere, and yet they don't contribute to the growth of their countries.

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.

It is a fact that around the world the elites of every country are making money.

I just think that giving a child a chance and sharing what you have with a child is one of the greatest gifts you can give yourself, as well as a child.

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

At the end of the day, you know, love does not happen between two perfect people as much as we would wish.

I'm one of those people who thinks that changing one's hair is the only part of the body that you can change at will.

I don't ask anyone else to live my life. I have enough trouble doing that.

There is no formula that I'm aware of for being a successful or fulfilled woman today.

I mean, honestly, we have to be clear that the life for many Afghan women is not that much different than it was a hundred years ago, 200 years ago. The country has lived with so much violence and conflict that many people, men and women, just want it to be over.

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

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.

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.

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

I'll get involved in philanthropy.

You can go into neighborhoods in the United States where people dress a certain way because they don't want to be out of touch, where boys wear pants down to their knees, which nobody has compelled them to do but they pick up the cultural norms, or where girls are improperly dressed by my eyes, but that's what they see in the media.

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.

I think I'm very hardheaded.

I've never understood the division between so-called realists and so-called idealists.

India has reduced its dependence on Iranian oil. I know their refineries have stopped asking for orders to purchase Iranian oil.

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

Sometimes, in public life, people ask inappropriate, off-the-wall kinds of questions, don't they?

A psychologist once told me that for a boy being in the middle of a conflict between two women is the worst possible situation. There's always a desire to please each one.

Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.

I have to defend my husband.

Several people have told me that one of the most meaningful events they could attend would be something at the White House with their children.