“In our country, [habeas corpus ] means that if you've been sentenced and convicted in a state court, either to death or to some other kind of sentence, you have the right to petition a federal court to review what happened to you. And until [Bill] Clinton, you had three, four, five, even more years I collect records of people who have been on death row for eight, 10, 12, 14 years - this is before Clinton - who finally got a decent lawyer, usually a pro bono lawyer, and an investigator, and were able to find out - they - they're but approved that they're - that they were innocent.” PeopleIfsYearsKindMeanHas BeensCountryStatesAbleThreeRecordsFiveFourHappenedBillsCourtClintonEightSentencesLawyerInnocentOur CountryDecentReviewsApprovedPetitionsInvestigatorsDeath RowCorpusHabeas Corpus Author:Nat Hentoff
“I don't think [Bill Clinton] does anything - I don't think it's ill will. I don't think he's evil in the sense that he hates the Bill of Rights. He does what he figures will help him politically.” ThinkingDoeHelpingHateEvilRightsFiguresBillsClintonIllBill Of RightsIll Will Author:Nat Hentoff
“When [Bill Clinton] was running for president. I'll never forget this one. He was running in New Hampshire. He was not doing well. And he suddenly, over a weekend, rushed back to Little Rock to execute a guy who had killed a cop, but in the process, the policeman had shot him in the head and he was out of it. He didn't know today from tomorrow, good, evil, whatever. His lawyer begged - his lawyer was an old friend of Clinton.” KnowsWellsLittlesRunningTodayGuyEvilProcessPresidentForgetRocksTomorrowShotsBillsClintonLawyerNever ForgetWeekendCopPolicemenOld FriendsHampshireNew HampshireGood EvilLittle Rock Author:Nat Hentoff
“The habeas corpus business, that's to show that he [Bill Clinton] is not tough on crime.” ShowsCrimeToughBillsClintonCorpusHabeas Corpus Author:Nat Hentoff
“The immigration bill - the new immigration bill - [Bill Clinton] has stripped the courts, which Congress can do under the leadership of the president, so that people who had a right to asylum or to petition - for asylum who were legal residents are now unable to go through because that part of the bill has been taken out.” PeopleHas BeensPresidentCan DoTakenBillsCourtClintonCongressImmigrationAsylumsResidentsPetitions Author:Nat Hentoff
“[Bill Clinton] was the man, as a matter of fact, who, in terms of the Communications Decency Act, which would have made the Internet, the whole concept of cyberspace, vulnerable to rampant censorship - he pushed that bill, and I know the man in the Justice Department whom he persuaded - the guy didn't want to lose his job - to write the bill.” KnowsMenWantWritingMadeMatterWholeFactsJobsGuyTermLosesJusticeHe ManCommunicationInternetConceptsBillsClintonVulnerableDepartmentCensorshipDecencyMatter Of FactCyberspace Author:Nat Hentoff
“Donald Trump wasn't vying for the popular vote. He was vying for the Electoral College, as was Hillary Clinton. The only difference is he got over 300 electoral votes, and she did not.” DifferencesCollegeTrumpVoteClintonElectoral CollegePopular Vote Author:Kellyanne Conway
“People started staring at me at the supermarket and restaurants and whatnot. And I knew that I looked just like Bill Clinton.” PeopleBillsClintonStaringRestaurantsSupermarkets Author:Tim Watters
“For my daughter, it's going to mean something special that Hillary Clinton accepts the nomination, and I wanted to make sure that she sees that.” MeanWantedAcceptingSpecialDaughterClintonMy DaughterSomething SpecialNominations Author:Julian Castro
“There's always a little bit of disappointment. At the same time, number one, [Hillary Clinton] made a great choice. Secondly, I'm 41. And so I feel like - that I'm excited about the years to come.” FeelsYearsLittlesMadeChoicesBitsNumbersLittle BitClintonDisappointmentExcited Author:Julian Castro
“I know, too, that millions and millions of people voted for Trump not because they are cartoon racists, but because they did not like Hillary Clinton for a variety of reasons, because they had real economic and social grievances.” PeopleKnowsRealReasonSocialMillionsEconomicTrumpClintonVarietyRacistCartoonGrievance Author:David Remnick
“The one thing I'm quite critical of Hillary Clinton for, and it obviously hurt her, is that at some level, the Clintons had to know that she was going to run for president. Why did they feel it necessary to make tens of millions of dollars with speaking engagements? They must have known that it would look grotesque. The word for it is "buckraking." It's beyond me. I don't understand it.” KnowsFeelsLooksRunningPresidentHurtLevelsKnownMillionsOne ThingDollarsClintonCriticalEngagementGrotesque Author:David Remnick
“President-elect Trump needs to keep in mind that the media - they're never going to like him, especially after WikiLeaks exposed that the press was openly colluding with the Clinton campaign, like CNBC and MSNBC and CNN and The New York Times and the whole rest of them.” NeedsMindWholePresidentMediaNew YorkTrumpPressesClintonCampaignsExposedNew York TimesCnnWikileaks Author:Sean Hannity
“Donald Trump winning the electoral vote - I don't even want to say he won the election because Hillary Clinton won the popular vote - I don't think legitimizes reality TV, but I think reality TV legitimized Trump.” ThinkingWantRealityWinningTvsTrumpVoteElectionClintonReality TvPopular Vote Author:Jennifer Pozner
“When [Bill] Clinton came along, it sort of moderated a little bit, but Clinton had a different device for breaking unions called NAFTA [North America Free Trade Agreement]. Because the government was entirely lawless, employers could exploit NAFTA to threaten union organizers with transfer. It's illegal, but when you've got a lawless government, it doesn't matter if it's illegal. I think the number of union drives blocked increased by about 50 percent.” IfsThinkingLittlesDifferentMatterGovernmentAmericaBitsNumbersLittle BitPercentTradeBillsUnionsClintonAgreementIllegalDevicesEmployersExploitsTransfersNorth AmericaFree TradeBlockedOrganizerTrade AgreementsNafta Author:Noam Chomsky
“Hillary Clinton is funded by people who murder homosexuals.” PeopleMurderClintonHomosexual Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“Hillary Clinton has shown no indication whatsoever of stemming the tide of Islamic immigration, or stopping our mollycoddling, and pandering to Islam. These things are direct threats. Not just to culture, but to the lives of gay people in America.” PeopleAmericaCultureGayDirectThreatClintonIslamImmigrationIslamicTidesStoppingIndicationGay People Author:Milo Yiannopoulos
“Do I think Russians supported [Donald Trump]? Do I think they tried to get him elected? Do I think it worked against Clinton? I do. And that is something that has to be investigated.” ThinkingTrumpClinton Author:John Lewis
“The head of the government ethics ought to be careful, because that person is becoming extremely political. Apparently, may have made a - publicly supported Hillary Clinton as calling out the president with information on Twitter about our disentangle - disentangling of the business over a month ago.” MayPersonsMadeGovernmentPoliticalPresidentInformationMonthsOughtBecomingCallingEthicsClintonCarefulBe Careful Author:Reince Priebus
“I didn't investigate Hillary Clinton before she was in office, I started investigated Hillary Clinton's actions after the inspector-general said that there was classified information housed in a non-classified setting.” SaidActionInformationOfficeClintonSettingSettingsInspectorsClassified Information Author:Jason Chaffetz
“I mean the former presidents are going to be there [on Donald Trump inauguration]. The Clintons are going to be there. Jimmy Carter is going to be there. If Donald Trump needs a lesson in John Lewis and what he has done beyond talk, he could ask his own vice president.Mike Pence went to Selma in 2010 with John Lewis, was there on the Pettus Bridge, talked about him as somebody who has the moral authority and courage that continues to inspire millions of Americans.” IfsNeedsMeanDoneAsksPresidentMoralMillionsInspireTrumpLessonsAuthorityClintonVicesFormerBridgesMikeJimmyCarterVice PresidentInaugurationMoral Authority Author:Jason Chaffetz
“Americans like warm characters. It's why, no matter what he did in the early days, they kind of resonated to Bill Clinton because he seems like a guy that you could sit down and have a burger and a beer with. It's even why, despite the fact that he sometimes seemed to be not firing on all cylinders, lots of them still like George W. Bush - because he seemed like the kind of guy you could have a burger and a beer with.” KindStillsSometimesMatterCharacterFactsSeemsGuyDown AndNo Matter WhatBillsClintonWarmDespiteBeerFiringBurgersCylinders Author:Anna Quindlen
“In fact, you see Hillary [Clinton] moving very far to the left. You see all the Republicans moving very far to the right.” FactsMovingLeftRepublicanClinton Author:Michael Bloomberg
“[Jeb Bush] could, as I describe it, run the railroad.[John] Kasich could run the railroad. Hillary Clinton can run the railroad. Running the railroad is the most important thing. You have got 4 million employees; you've got to make the system work, and it doesn't work very well.” WellsImportantRunningMillionsImportant ThingsClintonEmployeeRailroads Author:Michael Bloomberg
“You can bet - a good chance of Hillary [Clinton], a good chance of [Donald] Trump - but not 100% in either case.” ChanceCasesTrumpClintonGood Chance Author:Michael Bloomberg
“[Hillary Clinton] is going to decide war, peace, and health, education, livelihood for my kids. I want the best person.” WantPersonsWarKidsClintonPeace WarLivelihoodBest PersonHealth Education Author:Michael Bloomberg
“The worst thing we can do is to assume that the Electoral College [voting] resulting in the election of Donald Trump represents a mandate. It does not. He did not get the majority of the popular vote; that went to Hillary Clinton. That means those votes represent the consciousness of the nation, which is that abortion should be legal, that contraception and family planning are health issues and prevention, that a woman's right to reproductive privacy is the law of the land and should remain such.” ShouldMeanDoeLawNationsCan DoConsciousnessIssuesLandWorstCollegeTrumpVoteElectionMajorityAssumingClintonPlanningAbortionVotingPrivacyWorst ThingsMandatesPreventionContraceptionFamily PlanningHealth IssuesElectoral CollegePopular Vote Author:Willie Parker
“Hillary Clinton is a fighter, she's out there, she's tough.” ToughClintonFighter Author:Elizabeth Warren
“There are a lot of things that people say about Hillary Clinton. But nobody says that she doesn't know how to throw a punch.” PeopleKnowsKnow HowClinton Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I'm going to do everything I can to help Hillary Clinton get elected and I'm going to do everything I can to make sure that Donald Trump never comes within shouting distance of the White House.” I CanHelpingHouseWhiteTrumpDistanceClintonWhite HouseShouting Author:Elizabeth Warren
“We just can't let Donald Trump be the leader of this country. We can line up. We can be part of Hillary Clinton's effort to be the president of the United States and to help do the things we care about in this country - to really help build a future.” CountryStatesHelpingCarePresidentLinesUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesTrumpClinton Author:Elizabeth Warren
“I think that's why Donald Trump continues to enjoy evangelical support. They're not endorsing necessarily his lifestyle. What they're saying is this is a binary choice between one candidate, Donald Trump - who is pro-life, pro-religious liberty, pro-conservative justices of the Supreme Court - and another candidate, Hillary Clinton, who has an opposite view on all of those issues.” ThinkingChoicesEnjoyReligiousJusticeViewsLibertySupportIssuesTrumpOppositesCourtClintonConservativeLifestyleSupremeCandidatesSupreme CourtEvangelicalPro LifeReligious LibertyBinaryEndorsing Author:Robert Jeffress
“If we have a president who asked for a mandate on combating gun violence, as Hillary Clinton is requesting, that's going to be really impactful. I will certainly defer to her when it comes to the exact pace and content of legislative action, but I expect it will be at the top of her agenda. It will certainly be at the top of mine.” IfsActionPresidentViolenceMinesGunClintonAgendasPaceMandatesGun Violence Author:Chris Murphy
“Donald Trump has a lot of supporters with a deep hatred of Hillary Clinton and access to incredibly powerful lethal weapons.” PowerfulTrumpWeaponsHatredClintonAccessSupporterLethal Weapon Author:Chris Murphy
“Frankly, when you twin the language of assassination threats with Donald Trump's suggestion that a Hillary Clinton electoral victory would be illegitimate, it scares the hell out of me.” Would BeLanguageHellTrumpVictoryThreatClintonScareTwinsSuggestionsAssassination Author:Chris Murphy
“My fear is that having been promised a revolution, Bernie Sanders supporters will become disgusted and cynical when Hillary Clinton and the establishment win yet again and the revolution doesn't happen.” HappensWinningRevolutionClintonEstablishmentCynicalSupporterDisgusted Author:Kevin Drum
“Remember, most of the bureaucrats voted for Hillary Clinton. Most of the bureaucrats deeply dislike what Trump is trying to accomplish, and most of the bureaucrats think they can't be fired, so they can outlast you.” ThinkingTryingRememberTrumpClintonAccomplishDislikeBureaucrats Author:Newt Gingrich
“I do not consider myself opposed to any of these Republicans, because any of these people if they were gonna get the nomination are gonna get my vote over Hillary Clinton. I am not in any way, shape, manner, or form trying to damage any of them.” PeopleIfsWayTryingFormRepublicanShapesVoteClintonDamageNominations Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I noted, though, that other strong critics of Donald Trump did attend the inauguration. Hillary Clinton went. Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders went. I saw Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren. I saw Congressman James Clyburn, all of whom have been critics of Donald Trump.” Has BeensStrongSawsTrumpClintonCriticsSenatorsCongressmanMassachusettsInaugurationVermont Author:Michel Martin
“The whole celebrity thing didn't work for Hillary Clinton. She tried that in her campaign and it failed.” WholeClintonCampaigns Author:Kellyanne Conway
“Despite more than a year of spittle-flecked fury at Hillary Clinton for using a private email server, most Trump voters probably don’t even know what a private server is. Nor do they care. It was just a buzzword that somehow meant Hillary was a crook.” KnowsYearsCareTrumpClintonDespiteVotersEmailFuryCrooksServer Author:Kevin Drum
“Hillary Clinton is probably one of the best prepared people to walk into the Oval Office certainly in a generation, with all the love and respect and admiration that I have for President Obama, and he's been a great president, going in he was nowhere nearly as prepared as Hillary Clinton.” PeoplePresidentWalksGenerationsOfficePreparedClintonAdmirationPresident ObamaLove And RespectOvalGreat Presidents Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton should be president not because she's a woman but because she's the best for the job. I don't think that any woman should be asked to vote for someone because she's a woman, and that - because the candidate is a woman.” ThinkingShouldJobsPresidentVoteClintonCandidates Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton knows, as I did know, as my women members know - that a woman being elected to a position, it's not about what it means to that woman. It's not about what it means to Hillary to be the first president. It's about what it means to all of the women in America, that a woman has broken the ultimate marble ceiling and that anything is possible for them and their daughters - and their sons. It's about sons, too.” KnowsFirstsMeanAmericaPresidentPositionSonBrokenMembersDaughterUltimateClintonCeilingsMarbleAnything Is Possible Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Be yourself. Hillary Clinton, you have a great vision for our country. You know the policy, you have good judgment that springs from that. You're a strategic thinker, and you have a connection with the American people that springs from a lifetime of service and leadership to them, to America's working families. So, just go talk about that. Forget the script, forget everything else. Just be Hillary Clinton. Be yourself.” PeopleKnowsCountryAmericaForgetVisionPolicyJudgmentSpringConnectionsLifetimeClintonScriptsOur CountryBeing YourselfThinkerStrategicGood JudgmentForget EverythingGreat Vision Author:Nancy Pelosi
“Hillary Clinton truly is sincere, but she has to connect more with the American people in terms of what she believes in and how she intends to accomplish progress in their lives.” PeopleBelieveTermProgressClintonAccomplishSincere Author:Nancy Pelosi
“We offer a better way for dealing with persistent poverty in this country. A way that shows poor Americans the world beyond liberal ware housing and check-writing into the life everyone can find with opportunity and independence. The happiness of using your gifts and the dignity of having a job. And you know what? None of this will happen under Hillary Clinton. Only with Donald Trump and Mike Pence do we have a chance at a better way.” KnowsWorldWayWritingCountryShowsHappensJobsOpportunityChancePoorPovertyTrumpOffersDignityIndependenceClintonChecksPersistentHousingMikeBetter Ways Author:Paul Ryan