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When I Think About What We Need To Do, We Have 33,000 People A Year Who Die From Guns. I Think We Need Comprehensive Background Checks, Need To Close The Online Loophole, Close The Gun Show Loophole. There's Other Matters That I Think Are Sensible That Are The Kind Of Reforms That Would Make A Difference That Are Not In Any Way Conflicting With The Second Amendment.

-Hillary Clinton

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Hillary Clinton

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When I Think About What We Need To Do, We Have 33,000 People A Year Who Die From Guns. I Think We Need Comprehensive Background Checks, Need To Close The Online Loophole, Close The Gun Show Loophole. There's Other Matters That I Think Are Sensible That Are The Kind Of Reforms That Would Make A Difference That Are Not In Any Way Conflicting With The Second Amendment.

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We're Going To Fight For Every Vote In Every State. We're Going To Make A Real Difference In People's Lives.

Now, I Know There Are Many Americans Who Say, 'get Out Of Afghanistan. Bring 'em All Home.' And There Are Others Who Say, 'put In Hundreds Of Thousands Of More.'

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.

When Donald Trump Says, "let's Make America Great Again," That Is Code For Let's Take America Backward. Back To A Time When Opportunity And Dignity Were Reserved For Some, Not All. Back To The Days When Abortion Was Illegal, Women Had Far Fewer Options, And Life For Too Many Women And Girls Was Limited. Well, Donald, Those Days Are Over.

Refraining From Violence Is Not A Sign Of Weakness In One's Faith But A Sign That One's Faith Is Unshakeable

The United States Has Kept The Peace Through Our Alliances. Donald Trump Wants To Tear Up Our Alliances. I Think It Makes The World Safer And, Frankly, It Makes The United States Safer. I Would Work With Our Allies In Asia, In Europe, In The Middle East, And Elsewhere. That's The Only Way We're Going To Be Able To Keep The Peace.

I Believe In Community Policing. And, In Fact, Violent Crime Is One-half Of What It Was In 1991.

The Economy Is Rigged In Favor Of Those At The Top.

The Fbi Doesn't Get A Dime Until [james] Comey Is Gone. George [w.bush] Tried To Warn Us He Was A Trouble Maker But Did Barack [obama] Listen? Nooo!

I Think We Need To Go After Baghdadi, As Well, Make That One Of Our Organizing Principles. Because We've Got To Defeat Isis, And We've Got To Do Everything We Can To Disrupt Their Propaganda Efforts Online.

I Think What More And More Americans Are Concluding Is That Donald Trump Is Not A Man Who Is Qualified To Be President, And He Is Not Fit To Be Commander And Chief.

Recently In Washington, Unfortunately, We Have Seen Examples Of The Wrong Kind Of Leadership -- When Politicians Choose Scorched Earth Over Common Ground, When They Operate In What I Call The 'evidence-free Zone,' With Ideology Trumping Everything Else.

To Lgbt Men And Women Worldwide, Let Me Say This: Wherever You Live And Whatever The Circumstances Of Your Life, Whether You Are Connected To A Network Of Support Or Feel Isolated And Vulnerable, Please Know That You Are Not Alone.

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.

More Than 60 Percent Of Small Businesses Face Payment Delays. That Can Cause A Serious Cash Flow Crisis. So, As President, I Will Explore New Ways To Arm Small Businesses With The Tools To Fight Back And Level The Playing Field.

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.

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 Will Always Be Dedicated To The Talented Men And Women At Our Headquarters In Brooklyn And Across The Country.

If You Look At The Single-payer Systems, Like Scandinavia, Canada, And Elsewhere, They Can Get Costs Down Because, You Know, Although Their Care, According To Statistics, Overall Is As Good Or Better On Primary Care, In Particular, They Do Impose Things Like Waiting Times, You Know.

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

We're Working With Nato, The Longest Military Alliance In The History Of The World, To Really Turn Our Attention To Terrorism.

I Never Respond To Donald Trump's Personal Insults About Me. I Could Care Less What He Says About Me. I'm Going To Respond When He Calls A Judge Unqualified Because Of His Mexican Heritage, Or Mocks A Reporter With A Disability, Or Says Demeaning Things About Women. And The List Goes On.

One Of The Ways You Go After The Debt, One Of The Ways You Create Jobs Is By Investing In People.

I Feel Like There's The 'hillary Standard' And Then There's The Standard For Everybody Else.

I Will Not Raise Taxes On Anyone Making $250,000 Or Less.

Let's Prove That The American Dream Is Big Enough For Everyone To Share In Its Promise.

We Have A Lot That We Believe Is In The Best Interests Of Our Country,and I'm Looking Forward To Working With Barack Obama During The Campaign And Then On After The Inauguration.

We Have To Bring Communities Together In Order To Begin Working On That As A Mutual Goal.

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