--- title: "10 Defense Quotes By Hillary Clinton" description: "10 Defense quotes by Hillary Clinton. Plus more from Hillary Clinton and more Defense sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hillary-clinton-51_allies_i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-a_289332.jpg" --- > [I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere that we have mutual defense treaties and we will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-and-south-korea-and-elsewhere/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hillary-clinton-51_allies_i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-a_289332.jpg) > [... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-would-be-a-just-and-lasting/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/hillary-clinton-51_defense_the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-w_2699379.jpg) > [We will do everything in our power to protect our allies, South Korea and Japan, including installing even more missile defense.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-protect-our-allies-south-korea/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/hillary-clinton-51_protect_we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-pr_2060900.jpg) > [ \[Donald Trump\] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from it. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longest-defense-alliance-and-nato/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/hillary-clinton-51_alliances_donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longes_1502227.jpg) > [I want a strong military. But I do not believe, among other things, that without an audit, we should be throwing tens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-want-a-strong-military-but-i-do-not-believe-among-other-things-that/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42b/hillary-clinton-51_believe_i-want-a-strong-military-but-i-do-not-be_1581427.jpg) > [Remember, the IDF, the Israeli Defense Forces, have a working relationship with the Palestinian Authority security forces, which have been incredibly professional.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/remember-the-idf-the-israeli-defense-forces-have-a-working/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/75f/hillary-clinton-51_authority_remember-the-idf-the-israeli-defense-for_244091.jpg) > [For more than a half a century, we know that we prospered because of a bipartisan consensus on defense and foreign policy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/for-more-than-a-half-a-century-we-know-that-we-prospered-because-of-a/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf7/hillary-clinton-51_approach_for-more-than-a-half-a-century-we-know-t_2405085.jpg) > [I think what Secretary Ash Carter is seeing, and I'm glad he is, is that we got to get NATO back working…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-what-secretary-ash-carter-is-seeing-and-i-m-glad-he-is-is/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1df/hillary-clinton-51_armor_i-think-what-secretary-ash-carter-is-see_2184430.jpg) > [ I think it's important that we do it \[defeat ISIS\] in concert with other nations in Europe, the Middle East, elsewhere if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-think-it-s-important-that-we-do-it-defeat-isis-in-concert-with/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d67/hillary-clinton-51_concerts_i-think-it-s-important-that-we-do-it-def_2947485.jpg) > [In the very first debate I was asked am I a moderate or a progressive and I said I'm a progressive who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/in-the-very-first-debate-i-was-asked-am-i-a-moderate-or-a-progressive/) [Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd3/hillary-clinton-51_cherries_in-the-very-first-debate-i-was-asked-am_1168241.jpg) ## Other authors on Defense ## 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/defense/hillary-clinton/#itemlist", "name": "10 Defense Quotes By Hillary Clinton", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere that we have mutual defense treaties and we will honor them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hillary Clinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-and-south-korea-and-elsewhere/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hillary-clinton-51_allies_i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-a_289332.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hillary-clinton-51_allies_i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-a_289332.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ea/hillary-clinton-51_allies_i-want-to-reassure-our-allies-in-japan-a_289332.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I want to reassure our allies in Japan and South Korea and elsewhere that we have mutual defense treaties…” — Hillary Clinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hillary Clinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-would-be-a-just-and-lasting/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/hillary-clinton-51_defense_the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-w_2699379.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/hillary-clinton-51_defense_the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-w_2699379.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/853/hillary-clinton-51_defense_the-best-missile-defense-system-of-all-w_2699379.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“... the best missile defense system of all would be a just and lasting peace.” — Hillary Clinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We will do everything in our power to protect our allies, South Korea and Japan, including installing even more missile defense.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hillary Clinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-protect-our-allies-south-korea/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/hillary-clinton-51_protect_we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-pr_2060900.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/hillary-clinton-51_protect_we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-pr_2060900.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a19/hillary-clinton-51_protect_we-will-do-everything-in-our-power-to-pr_2060900.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“We will do everything in our power to protect our allies, South Korea and Japan, including installing even…” — Hillary Clinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Donald Trump] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Hillary Clinton" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longest-defense-alliance-and-nato/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/hillary-clinton-51_alliances_donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longes_1502227.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/hillary-clinton-51_alliances_donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longes_1502227.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/838/hillary-clinton-51_alliances_donald-trump-attitude-towards-our-longes_1502227.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Donald Trump] attitude towards our longest defense alliance and NATO, that we should somehow walk away from…” — Hillary Clinton", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I want a strong military. 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