“The new President’s speech was dark and dystopian. I heard it as a howl straight from the white nationalist gut.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“(Running for president" was a chance to do the most good I would ever be able to do.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“But Donald Trump didn’t invent sexism, and its impact on our politics goes far beyond this one election.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Listening to Trump, it almost felt like there was no such thing as truth anymore. It still feels that way.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“We shouldn’t sacrifice our principles to pursue a shrinking pool of voters who look more to the past than the future.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Would there be a place for them in Trump’s America? Would they be safe? Would they be valued and respected?” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“But too many of Trump’s core supporters do hold views that I find—there’s no other word for it—deplorable.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“There’s an old saying that “Democrats fall in love, Republicans fall in line.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“The commentator Peter Daou, who worked on my 2008 campaign, captured my feelings when he tweeted, “If Trump had won by 3… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Democrats should reevaluate a lot of our assumptions about which policies are politically viable. These trends make universal programs even more appealing… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“now, with Donald Trump spending about 20 percent of his new presidency at his own luxury golf clubs. I sometimes wonder: If… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“For Trump, if everyone is down in the mud with him, than he is no dirtier than anyone else. He doesn't have… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“You need to change hearts and change laws. Although I never imagined running for office myself, I came to see partisan politics… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Like so many demagogues before him, Trump encouraged a zero-sum view of life where if someone else is gaining, you must be… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Trump doesn’t think in terms of morality or human rights, he thinks only in terms of power and dominance. Might makes right.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Afterward Joe Biden greeted me outside the green room, falling on bent knee to kiss my hand. (Who says chivalry is dead!)” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Every day that I was a candidate for President, I knew that millions of people were counting on me, and I couldn’t… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Trump wouldn’t answer any question directly. He was rarely linear in his thinking or speaking. He digressed into nonsense and then digressed… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“My friends understood how painful it would be to sit on the platform and watch Donald Trump sworn in as our next… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“I prayed that my worst fears about Donald Trump wouldn’t be realized, and that people’s lives and America’s future would be made… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“It was the second presidential debate, and Donald Trump was looming behind me. Two days before, the world heard him brag about… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“It’s worth pausing on this for a moment and reflecting on the fact that they weren’t even trying to hide that they… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“When people feel left out, left behind, and left without options, the deep void will be filled by anger and resentment or… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Donald Trump didn’t invent sexism, and its impact on our politics goes far beyond this one election. It’s like a planet that… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“The journalist Rebecca Traister observed once that there was “an Indiana Jones–style, ‘It had to be snakes’ inevitability” about me facing Trump.… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“I look at the people at Trump’s rallies, cheering for his hateful rants, and I wonder: Where’s their empathy and understanding? Why… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Instead of admitting mistakes, he lashes out, demeans, and insults others—often projecting by accusing others of doing what he himself has done… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Attempting to define reality is a core feature of authoritarianism. This is what the Soviets did when they erased political dissidents from… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“When Trump declared his candidacy for real in 2015, I thought it was another joke, like a lot of people did. By… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“And on that fundamental question of whether it would be good to see a woman—any woman, not just me—become President, the electorate… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Philippe took his character study very seriously, including the physicality. Trump looms and lurks on a debate stage, so Philippe did too,… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“But too many of Trump’s core supporters do hold views that I find—there’s no other word for it—deplorable. And while I’m sure… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“the question is not “Are you flawed?” It’s “What do you do about your flaws?” Do you learn from your mistakes so… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Do I feel empathy for Trump voters? That’s a question I’ve asked myself a lot. It’s complicated. It’s relatively easy to empathize… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“According again to Harvard’s Shorenstein Center, discussion of public policy accounted for just 10 percent of all campaign news coverage in the… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Then it was done, and he was our President. “That was some weird shit,” George W. reportedly said” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“When your President asks you to serve, you should say yes.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“When people start believing that all politicians are liars and crooks, the truly corrupt escape scrutiny, and cynicism grows.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“What would she say if she could hear this speech? Then it was done, and he was our President. “That was some… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“That was some weird shit,” George W. reportedly said with characteristic Texas bluntness. I couldn’t have agreed more.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share Image
“Putin has positioned himself as the leader of an authoritarian, xenophobic international movement that wants to expel immigrants, break up the European Union, weaken… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“It’s true, though, that we struggled to stay on message. My advisors had to deal with a candidate—me—who often wanted something new to say,… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“He reminded me to focus on the “trendlines,” not just the headlines, and to relish the experiences.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“Democrats should reevaluate a lot of our assumptions about which policies are politically viable. These trends make universal programs even more appealing than we… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“You Can't Keep Wild Animal In Your Back Yard And Expect It To Go only After Your Neighbor.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“In people’s lives and worldviews, concerns about economics, race, gender, class, and culture all blend together.” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“if you want to go quickly, go alone. If you want to go far, go together” — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“On her very first day, when she politely raised questions about Bernie’s health care plan—she has a master’s degree in public health and a… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“Too many saw the world in zero-sum terms, believing that gains made by fellow Americans they viewed as “other”—people of color, immigrants, women, LGBT… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“Usually when I meet people who are frustrated and angry, my instinctive response is to talk about how we can fix things. That’s why… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“In the words of Secretary Clinton, never doubt that you are valuable and powerful and deserving of every chance in the world to pursue… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“To quote Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, the first woman to serve in the U.S. Cabinet, under FDR, “The accusation that I’m a woman… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“While there are few problems in today’s world that the United States can solve alone, there are even fewer that can be solved without… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“if he knows that the Donald J. Trump Foundation is little more than a personal piggy bank, he’ll turn around and accuse, with no… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
“One of the most important but least recognized facts in American politics is that Republicans tend to win in places where more people are… — Hillary Rodham Clinton Copy Share
