The importance of building relationships among colleagues, of trying to create coalitions behind the issues that you are championing, was not something I ever had much insight into until I was elected and started serving in the Senate.
From Hillary Clinton
I've always been intrigued by the Senate, and admired many of the people who have served there.
Children today will grow up taking for granted that an African-American or a woman can, yes, become the president of the United States.
There is a hunger for the United States to be present again.
We can't go to people who have lost their job at GM and say, 'Oh, by the way, we are going to pay money to build a road here or inoculate children there,' unless we can demonstrate that it is in America's interest. I happen to think it is.
There's a certain consistency to who I am and what I do, and I think people have finally said, 'Well, you know, I kinda get her now.' I've actually had people say that to me.
I want to teach. I want to speak. I want to travel.
Gay rights are human rights.
It should never be a crime to be gay.
Being gay is not a Western invention. It is a human reality.
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