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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.

-Hillary Clinton

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The American System Is,

Hillary Clinton

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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.

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Today, There's More That Can And Should Be Done That Really Has To Come From The Industry Itself, And How We Can Strengthen Our Economy, Create More Jobs At A Time Where That's Increasingly Challenging, To Get Back To Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal. And I Really Believe That America And All Of You Are Up To That Job.

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've Spent 30 Years, Actually Maybe A Little More, Working To Help Kids And Families. And I Want To Take All That Experience To The White House And Do That Every Single Day.

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When We Liberate The Economic Potential Of Women, We Elevate The Economic Performance Of Communities, Nations, And The World... There Is A Stimulative And Ripple Effect That Kicks In When Women Have Greater Access To Jobs And The Economic Lives Of Our Countries: Greater Political Stability. Fewer Military Conflicts. More Food. More Educational Opportunity For Children... By Harnessing The Economic Potential Of All Women, We Boost Opportunity For All People.

I Would Say That Folks Who Have Looked At This Issue For A Long Time, Whether It's Elizabeth Warren Or Many Other Economists, Will Tell You That Right Now, Yes, We Do Need A 21st Century Glass-steagall Legislation.

It Wasn't Until 1998 That I Ever Seriously Thought About Running For Office. And I Didn't Make Up My Mind To Do That Until 1999, And Then I Ran For The Senate. It Was Really Hard For Me.

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In The Bible It Says They Asked Jesus How Many Times You Should Forgive, And He Said Seventy Times Seven. Well, I Want You All To Know That I'm Keeping A Chart.

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Funny Inspirational

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Every Day, No Matter What Is Happening Around Me, I Consciously Try To Discipline My Own Feelings And My Mind About What I Have To Be Grateful For, Because By Any Stretch Of The Imagination - Even During The Worst Times When People Are Accusing Me Of Things And Doing All That They Do - I'm A Very Lucky Person.

For 30 Years, I've Produced Results For People.

From Her Concession Speech: Although We Weren't Able To Shatter That Highest, Hardest Glass Ceiling This Time, Thanks To You, It's Got About 18 Million Cracks In It...you Can Be So Proud That, From Now On, It Will Be Unremarkable For A Woman To Win Primary State Victories, Unremarkable To Have A Woman In A Close Race To Be Our Nominee, Unremarkable To Think That A Woman Can Be The President Of The United States. And That Is Truly Remarkable.

I Never Thought That The Long Haired, Bearded Guy I Married In Law School Would End Up Being President.

I Agree With The President [barack Obama]. I've Said Myself, We Will Not Send American Combat Troops Back To Either Syria Or Iraq - That Is Off The Table.

My Father Loved To Complain About Big Business And Big Government, But We Had A Solid Middle Class Upbringing. We Had Good Public Schools. We Had Accessible Health Care. We Had Our Little, You Know, One-family House That, You Know, He Saved Up His Money, Didn't Believe In Mortgages.

It Was During George W. Bush's Presidency That Iran Mastered The Nuclear Fuel Cycle, That They Built Covert Facilities, That They Stocked Them With Centrifuges, That They Were Spinning Merrily Away Toward Getting A Nuclear-weapons Program.

It's Important To Take Criticism Seriously - Not Personally.

We Should Remember That Just As A Positive Outlook On Life Can Promote Good Health, So Can Everyday Acts Of Kindness.

Women Offer Unique Contributions To Making And Keeping Peace - And That Those Contributions Lead To Better Outcomes Not Just For Women, But For Entire Societies.

People Look At The Statue Of Liberty And They See A Proud Symbol. Donald Trump Looks At The Statue Of Liberty And Sees A Four.

[donald] Trump Has A Great Capacity To Use Bluster And Bigotry To Inflame People.he Is Becoming Isis's Best Recruiter.

Right Now - And This Is Something Donald [trump] Has Supported, Along With The Gun Lobby - Right Now, We've Got Too Many Military- Style Weapons On The Streets. In A Lot Of Places, Our Police Are Outgunned. We Need Comprehensive Background Checks, And We Need To Keep Guns Out Of The Hands Of Those Who Will Do Harm.

From My Perspective, You Get Up Every Day And You Get Out There And You Make Your Case, And You Reach As Many People As Possible.

The Most Important Thing I Have To Say To You Today Is That Hair Matters. Pay Attention To Your Hair, Because Everyone Else Will.

Different Presidents Have Different Strengths, They Bring Different Life Experiences.

Life Experience

Every One Of Us Every Day Has Choices To Make About The Kind Of Person We Are And What We Wish To Become. You Can Decide To Be Someone Who Brings People Together, Or You Can Fall Prey To Those Who Wish To Divide Us. You Can Be Someone Who Educates Yourself, Or You Can Believe That Being Negative Is Clever And Being Cynical Is Fashionable. You Have A Choice.

No Nation Can Meet The World's Challenges Alone.

The Middle Class Is Both Real And Aspirational. And I Want To Make Sure That It Remains Strong And It Gives People A Sense Of Security And Confidence And Optimism About Their Futures.

Sometimes, Opening Up Your Eyes And Realising What You Have - No Matter How Little You Think - Helps You Find Yourself.

I'm Fighting For People Who Cannot Wait For Changes, And I'm Not Making Promises That I Cannot Keep.

What's Great About America Is Anybody Can Run For President. That Is Literally True.

People Will Be Able To Judge For Themselves.

What I Want To Do Is Make Sure Middle Class Kids, Not Donald Trump's Kids, Get To Be Able To Afford College.

Cyber Security Will Be An Issue That I Will Be Absolutely Focused On As President. Because Whether It's Russia, Or China, Iran Or North Korea More And More Countries Are Using Hacking To Steal Our Information, To Use It To Their Advantage. And We Can't Let That Go On.

Before It Was Called Hillarycare - I Mean, Before It Was Called Obamacare It Was Called Hillarycare Because We Took Them On, And We Weren't Successful, But We Kept Fighting And We Got The Children's Health Insurance Program. Every Step Along The Way I Have Stood Up, And Fought, And Have The Scars To Prove It.

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.

I Will Take Responsibility For Any Impression Or Anything I've Ever Done That People Have Legitimate Questions About. But I Think That It's Fair To Say There's Been A Concerted Effort To Convince People Like That Young Man Of Something, Nobody's Quite Sure What, But Of Something.

You Know, I'm Not Sitting Here Like Some Little Woman Standing By My Man, Like Tammy Wynette. I'm Sitting Here Because I Love Him, And I Respect Him, And I Honor What He's Been Through And What We've Been Through Together. And You Know, If That's Not Enough For People, Then Heck, Don't Vote For Him.

It Is Absolutely Clear To Me That We Have To Keep The Internet Open

Donald Trump Would End Up Raising Taxes On Middle-class Families.

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