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Hillary Clinton: “I couldn't run as anything other than a woman. I am proud to be running as a woman. And I'm excited that I may... you…”

On the recordJuly 22, 2007
I couldn't run as anything other than a woman. I am proud to be running as a woman. And I'm excited that I may... you know, may be able, finally, to break that hardest of all glass ceilings. But, obviously, I'm not running because I'm a woman. I'm running because I think I'm the most qualified and experienced person to hit the ground running in January 2009.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

Editor's note · Context

Clinton expresses pride in her identity as a woman while emphasizing her qualifications for presidency.

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