We have to be focused on doing everything we can to build on the progress that President Obama has made, it will not surprise you to hear me say that I was deeply honored when he asked me to be secretary of state. We were partners and we became friends. And I know how hard he worked against implacable hostility at every single turn.

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Hillary Clinton at the end of the day will be a friend of Wall Street.

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Everyday Americans need a champion, and I want to be that champion.

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You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.

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The worst thing that can happen in a democracy - as well as in an individual's life - is to become cynical about the future and lose hope.

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The only way to make a difference is to acquire power.

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I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position.

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We cannot let a minority of people hold a viewpoint that terrorizes the majority of people.

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We need a return to transparency and a system of checks and balances, to a president who respects Congress' role of oversight and accountability.

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The president [Barack Obama] himself has said he thought part of his job was to remind the American people that being president and commander in chief is a serious responsibility.

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I wonder if it's possible to be a Republican and a Christian at the same time.

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Marriage has got historic, religious and moral content that goes back to the beginning of time and I think a marriage is as a marriage has always been, between a man and a woman.

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Women offer unique contributions to making and keeping peace - and that those contributions lead to better outcomes not just for women, but for entire societies.

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I don't think labels are as important as results.

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I think that I have been clear that demonizing and demagoguing about Muslims is not only offensive it is dangerous and it plays into ISIS's hands.

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Women have always been the primary victims of war. Women lose their husbands, their fathers, their sons in combat.

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I am particularly horrified by the use of propaganda and the manipulation of the truth and the revision of history.

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When people say, well, they disapprove, I'd like to know what the specifics are, because sometimes - and the president [Barack Obama] has admitted this - they may not feel like he's really explaining and understanding the emotion behind some of these fears [about Iran]. And that's a perfectly legitimate question for people to ask. But if you look at the results of where we are, I think there are some things I agree with and some things I don't agree with, and I think that's absolutely fair game.

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I don't want people who just tell me what they think I want to hear, because that doesn't do me any good.

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We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

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For all the injustices in our past and our present, we have to believe that in the free exchange of ideas, justice will prevail over injustice, tolerance over intolerance and progress over reaction.

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