Hillary Clinton's quotes

Hillary Clinton comes out fighting

"This is a fight for the future. And it’s a fight we must win. I haven’t spent the past 35 years in the trenches advocating for children, campaigning for universal health care, helping parents balance work and family, and fighting for women’s rights at home and around the world . . . to see another Republican in the White House squander the promise of our country and the hopes of our people." -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

— Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 26, 2008.

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Hillary Clinton pays tribute to the sisterhood

"To my supporters, my champions - my sisterhood of the traveling pantsuits – from the bottom of my heart: Thank you. You never gave in. You never gave up. And together we made history." -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton

— Sen. Hillary Clinton thanks her supporters at the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Aug. 26, 2008.

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Hillary Clinton endorsing Barack Obama

"The way to continue our fight now to accomplish the goals for which we stand is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States. Today as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary campaign he has won. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him and I ask of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me."

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D.-N.Y., on June 7, 2008 at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. giving her official endorsement to Barack Obama for the 2008 Democratic Presidential nomination.

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Hillary Clinton responding to her supporters after Obama's victory of the Democratic nomination

“Nearly eighteen million of you cast your votes for our campaign, carrying the popular vote with more votes than any primary candidate in history. Even when the pundits and the naysayers proclaimed week after week that this race was over, you kept on voting.”

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D.-N.Y., in a speech in New York City June 3, 2008 after winning the South Dakota primary but upon Barack Obama's clinching of the Democratic nomination.

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Hillary Clinton's on her choice not to withdraw from the race

"My husband (Bill Clinton) did not wrap up the nomination in 1992 until he won the California primary, somewhere in the middle of June, right? We all remember, Bobby Kennedy was assassinated in June in California. I don't understand it."

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., May 23, 2008, in an interview with the Argus Leader newspaper editorial board in South Dakota, The controversial comment was a response to repeated calls for her to withdraw from the race.

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Hillary Clinton on her broad appeal

“There was just an AP article posted that found how Senator Obama’s support among working, hard-working Americans, white Americans, is weakening again, and how whites in both states who had not completed college were supporting me. There’s a pattern emerging here … I have a much broader base to build a winning coalition on.”

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., quoted in an interview by USA Today’s Kathy Kiely on May 7, 2008. Clinton's blunt remarks about race came a day after primaries in Indiana and North Carolina dealt symbolic and mathematical blows to her White House run.

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Hillary Clinton expressing her stance on the gas tax

"My opponent, Senator Obama, opposes giving consumers a break. I understand the American people need some relief."

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., quoted in an Associated Press article published on MSNBC.com on April 28,2008, commenting on Sen. Barack Obama’s, D-Ill., position on the gas tax while she campaigned in North Carolina.

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Hillary Clinton claiming a lead in Democratic popular votes

"I'm very proud that as of today, I have received more votes by the people who have voted than anybody else, and I am proud of that. It's a very close race, but if you count, as I count, the 2.3 million people who voted in Michigan and Florida, then we are going to build on that."

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y. quoted in an Associated Press article published on MSNBC.com on April 24, 2008, claiming that she leads the Democratic Party in popular votes during a rally in Indianapolis.

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Hillary Clinton on why she is the best candidate

“I've won the states we have to win -- Ohio, now Pennsylvania. If you look at the broad base of support that I have accumulated, it really is the foundation on which we build our victory come the fall."

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., quoted on April 23, 2008 in a Reuters article published on YahooNews.com, saying her Pennsylvania primary win proved she was the best candidate to lead the Democrats to the White House.

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Hillary Clinton's Pennsylvania primary victory speech

“We were up against a formidable opponent who outspent us 3-to-1. He broke every spending record in this state trying to knock us out of the race. Well, the people of Pennsylvania had other ideas today.”

— Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., quoted on MSNBC.com on April 22, during her victory speech after the Pennsylvania primary.

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