Hillary Clinton

We cannot have a free, prosperous, peaceful, progressive world if women are treated in a such a discriminatory and violent way.

We cannot give up on peace.

I assure you that if I am confirmed, the State Department will be firing in all cylinders.

I think that our foreign policy has gotten way out of balance.

I don't think the President should put the prestige of the presidency on the line in the first year to have meetings without preconditions with five of the worst dictators in the world.

I assure you that, if I am confirmed, the State Department will be firing on all cylinders.

I don't think the president should put the prestige of the presidency on the line in the first year to have meetings without preconditions with five of the worst dictators in the world.

I share your deep concern. You are eloquent in describing it and you've been a leader in trying to sound the alarm on it for many years.

So out of that abundance of caution and a desire to avoid even the appearance, the President-elect's Transition Team began working with the Foundation to try to craft an agreement that would avoid the appearance of a conflict but would…

I have worked for many years to address the problem of Palestinian textbooks that delegitimize Israel and its right to exist.

Our overriding duty is to protect and advance America's security, interests, and values.

Our policy on Hamas is clear: We support the Quartet's conditions on any dealings with Hamas--recognition of Israel, renunciation of violence, and abiding by past agreements.

Yes; it will be. And it will be because it is long overdue, Senator.

That is why President-elect Obama and I have embraced the Millennium Development Goals to cut global poverty in half by 2015.

We have so underresourced our diplomacy and our development and it kind of becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Supporting democracy, economic development, and the rule of law is critical for U.S. interests around the world.

I think it certainly is a significant security challenge that we ignore at our peril.

I mean, we have a lot of very complicated international economic issues that directly impact our foreign policy.

I think that's a really timely question and it is one of the concerns that I have explored since being asked to take this position.

It’s our intention to staff that with effective and creative professionals, because we agree that the refugee problem is growing worse in many places around the world.

I think we have learned the hard way that the OPEC cartel is not just a commercial enterprise, but a security, geopolitical strategic effort that we have had to contend with, now, for 36 years.

For me, consultation is not a catch word, it is a commitment.

It calls for a large dose of humility about what it is we are trying to accomplish.

I share your concern about the critical need to address malaria, which has 300 million cases globally and causes 900,000 deaths annually.

The gravest threat that America faces is the danger that weapons of mass destruction will fall into the hands of terrorists.