Political Quotes

Hillary Clinton: Investments in American leadership are not the cause of our fiscal challenges, and retreating from the world is not the…

On the recordFebruary 27, 2012
Investments in American leadership are not the cause of our fiscal challenges, and retreating from the world is not the solution.
Said by
Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Arguing against reducing American global engagement due to fiscal issues.

Share

More from Hillary Clinton

Oct 11, 2025

We have to build a new transitional authority for the Palestinians, but the Israeli government also has to make some hard decisions in order to take advantage of this change in circumstances.

thehill.com
Jun 30, 2026

It’s not (just) incompetence. It’s also corruption,

huffpost.com
Aug 15, 2025

I'm dreaming that for whatever combination of reasons, including the elusive Nobel Peace Prize, President Trump may actually stand up to Putin on behalf of not just Ukraine and its democracy and its very brave people, but frankly, on…

cbsnews.com
Jun 30, 2026

Why can’t Trump clean a pool, or throw a real 250th party?

huffpost.com

Other voices in this conversation