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It Wasn't The Best Choice. I Made A Mistake. It Was Not Prohibited. It Was Not In Any Way Disallowed. And As I Have Said And As Now Has Come Out, My Predecessors Did The Same Thing And Many Other People In The Government.

-Hillary Clinton

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It Wasn't The Best

Hillary Clinton

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It Wasn't The Best Choice. I Made A Mistake. It Was Not Prohibited. It Was Not In Any Way Disallowed. And As I Have Said And As Now Has Come Out, My Predecessors Did The Same Thing And Many Other People In The Government.

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Individual Consciences Are Fine But Individual Consciences Have To Be Made Manifest.

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You Have The Power To Pursue Your Own Dreams.

No Nation Can Meet The World's Challenges Alone.

Every Call You Make, Every Door You Knock, Every Friend You Register To Vote Could Make The Difference.

I Thought Using One Device Would Be Simpler.

We Have To Build A Political Consensus And That Requires People To Give Up A Little Bit Of Their Own ... In Order To Create This Common Ground.

Donald Trump Doesn't Release His Tax Returns And Is Indebted To Foreign Banks And Foreign Lenders.

I Have Never Lost Faith In America's Essential Goodness And Greatness.

I Saw Donald [trump] Saying That There Were Some Iranian Sailors On A Ship In The Waters Off Of Iran, And They Were Taunting American Sailors Who Were On A Nearby Ship. He Said, You Know, If They Taunted Our Sailors, I'd Blow Them Out Of The Water And Start Another War. That's Not Good Judgment.

It Takes A Village To Raise A Child.

Village To Raise A Child

I'm Not Going To Be Able To Wave A Magic Wand And Change Everybody's Thoughts. That's Something That Can Only Happen By People Working On Themselves And Being Held To Account By The Rest Of Us, But What Donald Trump's Done Really Unleashed A Lot Of Darkness And Divisiveness.

I Think Science Is Real. And I Think It's Important That We Grip This And Deal With It, Both At Home And Abroad.

The Best Way To Break Down That Fear Is To Spend Time With Somebody, Put Yourself In Somebody Else's Shoes, Understand What The Other Person Is Going Through.

Like Every Working Mother, There's Guilt Involved In Deciding How You're Going To Balance Family And Work.

I Don't Believe That People Vote For President Based On Spouses. I Don't Even Think They Vote Much Based On Vice Presidents Or Any Other Factor. I Think They Choose Between The Two People Who Are Running.

That Is The Number-one Threat We Face In The World. And It Becomes Particularly Threatening If Terrorists Ever Get Their Hands On Any Nuclear Material. So A Man Who Can Be Provoked By A Tweet Should Not Have His Fingers Anywhere Near The Nuclear Codes, As Far As I Think Anyone With Any Sense About This Should Be Concerned.

This Is A Moment In History Where It Is Almost Hard To Catch Your Breath.

I Always Believed You Could Learn Something From Nearly Everybody You Meet, If You're Open To It.

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