Hillary Clinton

Well, human security is a concept that I am very committed to enshrining in American foreign policy.

Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.

You cannot have development in today's world without partnering with the private sector.

When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went through a period where we wore those little ribbon ties, little bows. We tried to figure out what was our appropriate dress.

Now there is a new request. To release transcripts of speeches that were given. When everybody agrees to do that, I will as well. It is important we all abide by the same standards. So let's do the tax return standard first, because that has been the standard for a long time.

Tonight, tonight we've reached a milestone in our nation's march toward a more perfect union: the first time that a major party has nominated a woman for president. Standing here, standing here as my mother's daughter, and my daughter's mother, I'm so happy this day has come.

Cooking, decorating, diet/self-help and gardening books are guilty pleasures and useful time fillers.

I have been working or attending school full time since I was 13.

Sometimes overturning brutal regimes takes time and costs lives. I wish it weren't so. I really, really do.

I always supported the women I worked with having time off to go to parent-teacher conferences and doctors' appointments or bringing their infants into the office.

I am shocked at how much time I spend in the White House. I mean, you know, for people on the outside, the idea of going to the White House for a meeting must seem like the most important, serious, even glamorous kind of thing to do.

This is a moment in history where it is almost hard to catch your breath.