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I Had Often Joked In My Speeches That I Had Imaginary Conversations With Mrs. Roosevelt To Solicit Her Advice On A Range Of Subjects. It's Actually A Useful Mental Exercise To Help Analyze Problems, Provided You Choose The Right Person To Visualize. Eleanor Roosevelt Was Ideal.

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Hillary Clinton

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I Had Often Joked In My Speeches That I Had Imaginary Conversations With Mrs. Roosevelt To Solicit Her Advice On A Range Of Subjects. It's Actually A Useful Mental Exercise To Help Analyze Problems, Provided You Choose The Right Person To Visualize. Eleanor Roosevelt Was Ideal.

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I Don't Think That The United States Has The Bulk Of The Responsibility. I Really Put That On Bashar Assad And On The Iraqis And On The Region Itself.

I'm Really Lucky To Have The Kind Of People I've Got Around Me. I've Got Such A Great Group Of Predominantly Young People, But So Diverse, And They Bring Different Perspectives To The Table. They Will Tell Me Exactly What's On Their Mind.

The Consciousness-raising, The Advocacy, The Passion, The Youth Of Your Movement Is So Critical.

The Only Way To Make A Difference Is To Acquire Power.

Making A Difference

The American System Is, In Many Ways, More Difficult, Certainly Far More Expensive And Much Longer Than A Parliamentary System, And I Really Admire The People Who Subject Themselves To It. Even When I, You Know, Think They Should Not Be Elected President, I Still Think, Well, You Know, Good For You I Guess, You're Out There Promoting Democracy And Those Crazy Ideas Of Yours.

Islam Is The Fastest-growing Religion In America, A Guide And Pillar Of Stability For Many Of Our People.

When I Went Off To College, I Went Believing I Was A Republican. And Actually I Was President Of Young Republicans For A Couple Of Months And Then I Decided That I Was Much More In The Camp Of People Like, You Know, President Johnson - Trying To Promote Civil Rights, Voting Rights, Ending Poverty.

The Kind Of Plan That Donald [tramp] Has Put Forth Would Be Trickle-down Economics All Over Again. In Fact, It Would Be The Most Extreme Version, The Biggest Tax Cuts For The Top Percent Of The People In This Country Than We've Ever Had.

People Are, You Know, A Little - They're Still Uncertain, And They're Uncertain Both Because They Don't Know What Might Come Next In Terms Of Regulations, But They're Also Uncertain Because Of Changes In A Global Economy That We're Only Beginning To Take Hold Of.

I Think Part Of Our Problem Right Now In The Country Is That People Feel That Nobody Listens To Them. And That Means That They Just Don't Trust Anybody In Government, Anybody In Politics, And Anybody In The Economy.

For Most Businesses, America Is The Most Important Asset On Their Balance Sheet.

Every Marriage Is A Mystery To Me, Even The One I'm In. So I'm No Expert On It.

We Shouldn't Leave The Work Of Politics To People Who Run For Public Office.

Our Responsibility As Citizens Is To Keep Doing Our Part.

As A Young Lawyer, I Learned To Try To Find Common Ground With People, To Look For A Human Connection. When I Got To The Senate, Despite The Fact That There Were A Lot Of People Who Didn't Want Me To Get There - And Were Sure They'd Never Even Talk To Me, Let Alone Work With Me - I Really Tried To Do The Job I Was Sent There To Do By The People Of New York, Which Was To Get Things Done For My Constituents. I Worked With Republicans, And We Found A Lot Of Common Ground. It Isn't Easy, But It's Part Of What We Have To Do In Politics Today.

I Think There's Where We Can Enlist The Veterans Service Organizations, The Veterans Of America, Because, Yes, Let's Fix The V.a., But We Will Never Let It Be Privatized, And That Is A Promise.

All Of Our Presidents Come Into Office Looking So Vigorous ... They Grow Grayer And Grayer, And By The Time They Leave, They’re As White As The Building They Live In ... I Have One Big Advantage: I’ve Been Coloring My Hair For Years. So You’re Not Going To See Me Turn White In The White House.

In America, We Trade More Energy With Our Neighbors Than We Trade With The Rest Of The World Combined. And I Do Want Us To Have An Electric Grid, An Energy System That Crosses Borders. I Think That Would Be A Great Benefit To Us.

I Like Live Audiences, With Real People - Virtual Reality Is No Substitute.

There's The Continuing Challenges Of Racism, Of Sexism, Of Discrimination Against The Lgbt Community, Of The Way That We Treat People As Opposed To How We Want To Be Treated.

Costs Are Incurred Whenever Any Group Is Treated As Lesser Or The Other, Whether They Are Women, Racial, Or Religious Minorities, Or The Lgbt.

What [barack Obama] And I Did Was To Say Clearly What We're Doing, All The Bluster, All Of The Sanctions, That Are Just Imposed By The American Government Haven't Had Much Impact.let's See If We Can Put Together An International Coalition To Really Cripple Iran, And Then Maybe We Can Begin A Negotiation, And That's What I Did. It Was Difficult. We Had To Get China And Russia On Board, And Not Just Get Them On Board By Signing A Piece Of Paper.

I've Said That We're Going To Produce Real Results For The American People Because So Many Americans Feel Left Out And Left Behind, They Think The Economy Has Failed Them, They Think Our Government Has Failed, They Can't Stand The Gridlock And Dysfunction In Our Politics, And I'm Determined To Produce More Good Jobs With Rising Incomes, And Deal With All Of The Concerns That Families Have About Education, College Affordability, Student Debt.

I Want To Focus On What Are Called Kitchen Table Issues. You Know, The Ones That Keep You Up At Night, Like The Cost Of Childcare And College And Prescription Drugs And So Much Else.

Russia Hasn't Paid Any Attention To Isis. They're Interested In Keeping Assad In Power.

The Central Question In This Election [2016] Is Really What Kind Of Country We Want To Be And What Kind Of Future We'll Build Together.

I Made A Mistake. That Happens. It Proves I'm Human, Which You Know, For Some People, Is A Revelation.

I Wish We Weren`t Fighting All The Time To Protect Women`s Rights, To Protect Women`s Health.

I Meet People Who Can't Get Healthcare For Their Families, People Who Are Just Distressed Over What Is Happening In Our Country. So When Somebody Asks Me, "how Do You Get Up?" It Really Triggered In Me The Feeling That That's What I Want Us All To Think About Each Other. How Do We Get Up? How Do We Pull On Our Shoes, Go Out And Deal With The Problems America Faces. That's What I Intend To Do As President.

I'm Really Looking Forward To Both Meeting With Sen. [bernie] Sanders As Soon As Our Campaign Teams Find A Time That Works For Both Of Us And Talking With Him About How We Are Going To Defeat Donald Trump And Then How The Goals That He And I Share Can Be Achieved.

I`m Running For President Because Everyday Americans And Their Families Need A Champion, And I Want To Be That Champion. I Want To Make The Words Middle Class Mean Something Again.

It Is Essential That America's Word Be Good. And So I Know That This Campaign Has Caused Some Questioning And Worries On The Part Of Many Leaders Across The Globe. I've Talked With A Number Of Them. But I Want To - On Behalf Of Myself, And I Think On Behalf Of A Majority Of The American People, Say That, You Know, Our Word Is Good.

Such Pushy People, The School Union Chiefs.it's Almost Not Worth The Campaign Donations. Almost.

I Think It's A Broader Target List Than Just Wall Street, And I Believe That We Have To Be Very Focused On How We Try To Take Back The Power And Increase The Empowerment Of The American People. And, I Think I Have That Kind Of Experience, Maybe Because They've Beat Me Up For So Many Years, And I Know Exactly How To Handle Them Because I've Been In The Arena With Them Time And Time Again.

I'm Going To Do Everything I Can To Get Myself Elected, But That's Not Enough. I'm Going To Try To Help Move The Senate To Be A Democratic Majority. I'm Going To Try To Help Pick Up House Seats. I'm Going To Try To Elect Democratic Governors, Democratic Legislators, And All The Way Down The Line.

I Feel Like I Have Had The Most Amazing Life In My Public Service. And For The Last 17 Years, Ever Since My Husband Started Running For President, I Have Been In The Spotlight, Working Hard. And This Job Is Incredibly All-encompassing. So I Think I'm Looking Forward To Maybe Taking Some Time Off

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