Quotes from Hillary Clinton

I try to read for pleasure whenever I can - it's a great way just to shut it off for a while so your brain doesn't get fried.

I can't stand whining.

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.

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.

I have known several presidents quite well, including my husband, and I worked closely with President George W. Bush and the White House then after 9/11, and I served with President Obama. I disagree with all three of those presidents on certain things.

When I became secretary of state, I felt one of my primary jobs was building relationships around the world.

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

I have a lot of reason to believe, as we saw in the 2012 election, most Americans don't agree with the extremists on any side of an issue, but there needs to continue to be an effort to find common ground, or even take it to higher ground on behalf of the future.

There are some people in politics and in the press who can't be confused by the facts. They just will not live in an evidence-based world. And that's regrettable.

Everybody has some dysfunction in their families.

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

We are at a stage in history in which remolding society is one of the great challenges facing all of us in the West.

Families are the bedrock of our society.

I don't think feminism, as I understand the definition, implies the rejection of maternal values, nurturing children, caring about the men in your life. That is just nonsense to me.

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

Between the marketplace and government there exists all of that which makes life worth living-family life, spiritual life, the art and culture that make our spirits soar.

Look at climate change; don't put your head in the sand. Understand that it is going to have profound effects on our resources and so much else.

Both the American people and nations that censor the internet should understand that our government is committed to helping promote internet freedom.

If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.

What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and fears from friends, allies, around the world.

When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface-to-air missiles to bring down a commercial airline, that is a form of terrorism.

Every nation has to either be with us, or against us. Those who harbor terrorists, or who finance them, are going to pay a price.

You have to test your ideas in a public forum.

Are we going to lead the world with strength and in accordance with our values? That's what I intend to do.