--- title: "6 Decided Quotes By Hillary Clinton" description: "6 Decided quotes by Hillary Clinton. Plus more from Hillary Clinton and more Decided sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/hillary-clinton-51_afghan_the-president-barack-obama-decided-to-le_169911.jpg" --- > [ The president \[Barack Obama\] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/the-president-barack-obama-decided-to-leave-more-troops-than-he-had/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/941/hillary-clinton-51_afghan_the-president-barack-obama-decided-to-le_169911.jpg) > [It is, from my perspective, less important today looking backwards as to why these militants decided they did it than to find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/it-is-from-my-perspective-less-important-today-looking-backwards-as/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/hillary-clinton-51_backwards_it-is-from-my-perspective-less-important_182304.jpg) > [It is past time for women to take their rightful place, side by side with men, in the rooms where the fates…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/it-is-past-time-for-women-to-take-their-rightful-place-side-by-side/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/241/hillary-clinton-51_children_it-is-past-time-for-women-to-take-their_938029.jpg) > [When I went off to college, I went believing I was a Republican. And actually I was president of Young Republicans for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/when-i-went-off-to-college-i-went-believing-i-was-a-republican-and/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c6a/hillary-clinton-51_believe_when-i-went-off-to-college-i-went-believ_1833767.jpg) > [With all due respect, the fact is, we had four dead Americans! Was it because of a protest or was it because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/with-all-due-respect-the-fact-is-we-had-four-dead-americans-was-it/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/hillary-clinton-51_decided_with-all-due-respect-the-fact-is-we-had_2808484.jpg) > [I suppose I could have stayed home and baked cookies and had teas, but what I decided to do was to fulfill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-suppose-i-could-have-stayed-home-and-baked-cookies-and-had-teas-but-2/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/743/hillary-clinton-51_baking-cookies_i-suppose-i-could-have-stayed-home-and-b_3213437.jpg) ## Other authors on Decided ## More by Hillary Clinton > [When it comes to bullying small businesses, Donald Trump is the poster boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/when-it-comes-to-bullying-small-businesses-donald-trump-is-the-poster/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I'm going to do everything I can to get myself elected, but that's not enough. I'm going to try to help move the Senate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-m-going-to-do-everything-i-can-to-get-myself-elected-but-that-s-not/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I think we have to take a look at corporate law. We have to take a look at the incentives that we can perhaps…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-we-have-to-take-a-look-at-corporate-law-we-have-to-take-a/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I am somewhat influenced by the years that I've spent trying to actually get things done, whether it was reforming education in Arkansas or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-am-somewhat-influenced-by-the-years-that-i-ve-spent-trying-to/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [We know in New York we have several million at any one time who are in New York illegally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-know-in-new-york-we-have-several-million-at-any-one-time-who-are/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I have always believed that women are not victims, we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-have-always-believed-that-women-are-not-victims-we-are-agents-of/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I have clearly said we faced terrorist enemies who use Islam to justify slaughtering innocent people and we have to stop them and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-have-clearly-said-we-faced-terrorist-enemies-who-use-islam-to/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [If I had lost the popular vote but won the electoral college and in my first day as president the intelligence community came to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/if-i-had-lost-the-popular-vote-but-won-the-electoral-college-and-in/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [We now have power under the Dodd-Frank legislation to break up banks. And I've said I will use that power if they pose a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-now-have-power-under-the-dodd-frank-legislation-to-break-up-banks/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I am not going to make promises I can't keep. I am not going to talk about big ideas like single-payer and then not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-am-not-going-to-make-promises-i-can-t-keep-i-am-not-going-to-talk/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [It's important to recognize that expanding the circle of opportunity and increasing the democratic potential of our own society, as well as those across…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/it-s-important-to-recognize-that-expanding-the-circle-of-opportunity/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [We're living in a technological world. You cannot tell me we can't do a better job getting that information.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-re-living-in-a-technological-world-you-cannot-tell-me-we-can-t-do/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [I do not think homosexuality is immoral.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-do-not-think-homosexuality-is-immoral/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [We need to have more second chance programs. I'm glad that we're ending private prisons in the federal system; I want to see them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-need-to-have-more-second-chance-programs-i-m-glad-that-we-re/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) > [A nuclear-weapons armed Iran is not in anyone's human-rights interests. That is a direct threat to the lives and the livelihoods and the stability…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/a-nuclear-weapons-armed-iran-is-not-in-anyone-s-human-rights/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/decided/hillary-clinton/#itemlist", "name": "6 Decided Quotes By Hillary Clinton", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The president [Barack Obama] decided to leave more troops than he had originally planned in Afghanistan. We have a very cooperative government there, with Ashraf Ghani and his top - his top partner, Abdullah. And they are doing their very best. And the Afghan army is actually fighting. 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