Hillary Clinton
People have to stop employing illegal immigrants.
You know, one of the things my husband says when people say 'Well, what did you bring to Washington,' he said, 'Well, I brought arithmetic.'
This is what we call smart power. Using every possible tool and partner to advance peace and security. Leaving no one on the sidelines. Showing respect even for one's enemies. Trying to understand, in so far as psychologically possible, empathize with their perspective and point of view. Helping to define the problems, determine the solutions.
Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.
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.
Israel has a right to defend itself.
I've been in the hospital once when I had my daughter, and, oh, when I broke my elbow, but other than that, I've been very fortunate.
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.
My favorite short stories are by Alice Munro, especially her collections 'Carried Away' and 'Runaway.'
I thought making speeches for money was a much better thing than getting connected with any one group or company, as so many people who leave public life do.
Hard men present hard choices - none more so than Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia.
We need more good jobs that reward hard work with rising wages, dignity, and a ladder to a better life.
I was not going to attack Palin just for being a woman appealing for support from other women.
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.
With respect to Iraq, I did favour the continuity of American forces to work with the new Maliki government. They had enormous needs for intelligence, for training on everything from airplanes to more sophisticated ground equipment and the like.
Iran has basically propped up Assad, who has waged an absolute war of horror against the Syrian people. And he has done anything he could to stay in power with the full support of the Iranians and including Iranian troops and Hezbollah from Lebanon, which are an Iranian proxy.
You don't make peace with your friends. That's the bottom line. You end conflicts by trying to find some political resolution.
I am not going to comment on what I did or did not say back in the late '90s.
Hamas, we know, embeds missiles, embeds command-and-control units in civilian areas.
Everybody feels they have been trespassed upon, and nearly everybody has trespassed on somebody else, maybe not intentionally.
I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want to do, who has been a great father, and who will be a fabulous grandfather.
To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.
When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went through a period where we wore those little ribbon ties, little bows. We tried to figure out what was our appropriate dress.
The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Europe, and we have a formal alliance, NATO, to do so.
I would be delighted if the United States could have a positive relationship with Russia, and I would be thrilled if the Russian people, who are so capable, had a normal country that they could chart a different future.
When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.
I learned to be far more skeptical of what I'm told by presidents, no matter who the presidents are, and also to be much more cautious, always, in any action or vote that could lead to the use of American military power and most particularly what we call 'boots on the ground.'
I respect the Congress's oversight responsibility.
The most important questions for anybody thinking of running for president are not 'Will you run and can you win?' There is, 'What is your vision for America? And can you lead us there?'
I don't think about a legacy; I think about my life, because I've had quite an unpredictable life.
Putin is playing the long game. He has a strategic plan in mind: the Eurasian Union, which would be in competition to Europe.
Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.
George W. Bush is very popular in Sub-Saharan Africa. Why? Because of PEPFAR, the President's Emergency Program for AIDS Relief.
Americans deserve to feel secure in their own lives, in their own middle-class aspirations, before you go to them and say, 'We're going to have to enforce navigable sea lanes in the South China Sea.'
I can't drive anymore.
My biggest, you know, regret is what happened in Benghazi. It was a terrible tragedy losing four Americans - two diplomats and, now it's public so I can say, two CIA operatives.
When I negotiated the ceasefire in Gaza with President Morsi, he was, you know, very involved.
There is no part of the world that is irrelevant to the United States anymore.
American politics is always an open competition.
I really get up every day and try to deal with the problems that are in front of me, and I don't really worry about history. That will work itself out over time.
There is nothing fast or easy about diplomacy. I have no illusions about that.
I want to work with my husband and my daughter on our mutual foundation interests.
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.
My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.
I believe that eventually, one of the next big issues that will have to be addressed globally is the role of state-owned enterprises. Because there is a disadvantage that's built in.
If you can't compete fairly, honestly, effectively, no government should intervene. Now, some governments do. They prop up failing industries.
One of the great things about my mother is she really valued people's character more than what they did.
When women participate in peace-making and peace-keeping, we are all safer and more secure.