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Although We Were Not Able To Shatter That Highest And Hardest Glass Ceiling This Time, Thanks To You It Has 18 Million Cracks In It, And The Light Is Shining Through Like Never Before, Filling Us All With The Hope And The Sure Knowledge That The Path Will Be A Little Easier Next Time, And We Are Going To Keep Working To Make It So, Today Keep With Me And Stand For Me, We Still Have So Much To Do Together, We Made History, And Lets Make Some More.

-Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton

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Although We Were Not Able To Shatter That Highest And Hardest Glass Ceiling This Time, Thanks To You It Has 18 Million Cracks In It, And The Light Is Shining Through Like Never Before, Filling Us All With The Hope And The Sure Knowledge That The Path Will Be A Little Easier Next Time, And We Are Going To Keep Working To Make It So, Today Keep With Me And Stand For Me, We Still Have So Much To Do Together, We Made History, And Lets Make Some More.

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Words Matter When You Run For President. And They Really Matter When You Are President.

There Are 4 Billion Cell Phones In Use Today. Many Of Them Are In The Hands Of Market Vendors, Rickshaw Drivers, And Others Who've Historically Lacked Access To Education And Opportunity. Information Networks Have Become A Great Leveler, And We Should Use Them Together To Help Lift People Out Of Poverty And Give Them A Freedom From Want.

Marriage Has Got Historic, Religious And Moral Content That Goes Back To The Beginning Of Time And I Think A Marriage Is As A Marriage Has Always Been, Between A Man And A Woman.

You've Got To Be Willing To Stay Committed To Someone Over The Long Run, And Sometimes It Doesn't Work Out. But Often If You Become Real Honest With Yourself And Honest With Each Other, And Put Aside Whatever Personal Hurt And Disappointment You Have To Really Understand Yourself And Your Spouse, It Can Be The Most Wonderful Experience You've Ever Had.

I Think It Is Appropriate When You Look At The Test That You Have To Meet To Be Commander-in-chief For Americans To Be Thoughtful About, You Know, Who Has The Experience And The Approach That Is Best Likely To Work.

There Is Absolutely No Disconnect Between Common Sense Gun Safety Measures And Protecting The Second Amendment Rights Of Gun Owners.

The Present System Is Unsustainable. The Only Question Is Whether We Will Master The Change Or It Will Master Us.

It Does Not Matter What Country We Live In, Who Our Leaders Are, Or Even Who We Are. Because We Are Human, We Therefore Have Rights. And Because We Have Rights, Governments Are Bound To Protect Them.

Americans Want To Have What Members Of Congress Have: Guaranteed Health Coverage.

It Is A Violation Of Human Rights When Governments Declare It Illegal To Be Gay.

Violation Of Human Rights

I Mean, Of Course That's A Theoretical Question, And We Don't Know What It Would Be For, And We Don't Know How Many Numbers There Are. I Am Against American Combat Troops Being In Syria And Iraq.

One Thing For Certain You Will Not Ever Hear From Me Is Praise For Dictators And Strongmen Who Have No Love For America.

When We All Help Each Other Out, When We Stand Together, We Are Stronger Together.

What I Don't Think We Should Do Is Panic, And I Don't Think We Should Advocate For Ideas And Plans That Will Make Things Worse.

I Don't Think I've Read Any Of The Books That Have Been Written About Me.

I Have Absolutely No Interest In Running For President Again.

It's Very Short-sighted And Even Dangerous To Be Engaging In The Kind Of Demagogic Rhetoric That Donald Has About Muslims.

I Think It Is Very Important For Us To Make Clear To Our Children That Our Country Really Is Great Because We're Good.

A Man Who Can Be Provoked By A Tweet Should Not Have His Fingers Anywhere Near The Nuclear Codes.

What I Am Proposing Is That We Invest From The Middle Out And The Ground Up, Not The Top Down. That Is Not Going To Work.

I Think My Husband Did A Pretty Good Job In The 1990s.

I Want Us To Do More To Support People Who Are Struggling To Balance Family And Work. I've Heard From So Many Of You About The Difficult Choices You Face And The Stresses That You're Under. So Let's Have Paid Family Leave, Earned Sick Days. Let's Be Sure We Have Affordable Child Care And Debt-free College.

You Don't Walk Away If You Love Someone. You Help The Person.

Now, I Will Say, Most American Companies - Most Are Run By Honorable Patriotic People Who Care About Their Employees And Communities. But There Are Still Too Many Powerful Interests Fighting To Protect Their Own Profits And Privileges At The Expense Of Everyone Else.

I Used To Sit On The Other End Of Pennsylvania Avenue And Wonder Why The Senate Was Always Going Into Recess, Until In My First Year I Realized How Intense The Pressure Was.

Everybody Brings Their Personality To Any Position, And That's True For Presidents Like Anyone Else.

I Will Go Anywhere, Anytime, To Meet With Anyone To Find Common Ground.

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