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We Are The United States Of America. And It's Our Job To Rein In The Excesses Of Capitalism So That It Doesn't Run Amok And Doesn't Cause The Kind Of Inequities We're Seeing In Our Economic System. But We Would Be Making A Grave Mistake To Turn Our Backs On What Built The Greatest Middle Class In The History.

-Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton

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We Are The United States Of America. And It's Our Job To Rein In The Excesses Of Capitalism So That It Doesn't Run Amok And Doesn't Cause The Kind Of Inequities We're Seeing In Our Economic System. But We Would Be Making A Grave Mistake To Turn Our Backs On What Built The Greatest Middle Class In The History.

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Military Activities (are) Not A Role For The United States. There Needs To Be A Number Of Steps That Maliki And His Government Must Take To Demonstrate That He Is Committed To An Inclusive Iraq, Something He Has Not Done Up To Date.

It Really Is A Choice Between Division Or Unity, Between An Economy That Works For Everyone Or One That Is Stacked For Those At The Top, Between Strong, Steady Leadership Or A Loose Cannon.

This Country Of Ours, This System Of Ours, The Rule Of Law, The Opportunity To Get An Education And Go As Far As Your Hard Work And Ambition Will Take You, And We Created The Biggest Engine Of Economic Growth In The World, The American Middle Class.

I Hope By The Time I Am President That We Will Have Pushed Isis Out Of Iraq.

All One Can Do Is Live The Life That God Gave You, And You Know, You Just Do The Best You Can. And If Somebody Likes You Or Doesn't Like You, That's Really, In Many Ways, Something You Have No Control Over.

The Financial Disclosure Statements, They Don't Give You The Tax Rate. They Don't Give You All The Details That Tax Returns Would.

I Was Against It [trans-pacific Partnership] Once , It Was Finally Negotiated And The Terms Were Laid Out.

I Am Not Going To Engage In The Kind Of Behavior That You See From Donald Trump.

I Fought All My Life For Women To Make Their Own Choices, In Their Personal And Professional Lives. I Made Mine.

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No One Has Ever Abandoned A Belief Because He Was Forced To Do So.

The Supreme Court Raises The Question, What Kind Of Country Will We Be? The Supreme Court Needs To Stand On The Side Of The American People, Not On The Side Of The Powerful, Wealthy.

I Think We Can Compete With High-wage Countries, And I Believe We Should. New Jobs And Clean Energy, Not Only To Fight Climate Change, Which Is A Serious Problem, But To Create New Opportunities And New Businesses.

Right Now, We Don't Have Any Leadership From White House To Try To Understand What Our Principal Foreign Adversary Was Doing To Interfere With Our Elections, To, In Effect, Destabilize Our Democracy. So, I Think This Is - This Should Be Of Interest To Any American.

We Finally Need To Pass A Prohibition On Anyone Who's On The Terrorist Watch List From Being Able To Buy A Gun In America. If You're Too Dangerous To Fly, You Are Too Dangerous To Buy A Gun.

I Have Won Elections And I Have Lost Elections.

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Let's Stand Up For Taxpayers, Let's Stand Up For Consumers, And Let's Stand Up For Small Businesses, Which Create Most Of The Jobs In America.

If A Country Doesn't Recognize Minority Rights And Human Rights, Including Women's Rights, You Will Not Have The Kind Of Stability And Prosperity That Is Possible.

I Think Wherever We Can Cooperate With Russia, That's Fine. And I Did As Secretary Of State. That's How We Got A Treaty Reducing Nuclear Weapons. It's How We Got The Sanctions On Iran That Put A Lid On The Iranian Nuclear Program Without Firing A Single Shot.

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