Latest Carly Fiorina Quotes from Interviews

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• We will never meet our own expectations of public education unless the federal government is willing to play a consistent, long-term role; unless education truly becomes a matter of national policy, not just a matter of national rhetoric.

  Carly Fiorina

  Government, Play, Long

  Source: www.chicagotribune.com

• Donald Trump is a serial philanderer, by his own admission.

  Carly Fiorina

  Trump, Philanderer, Admission

  "Carly Fiorina Jumps to Defend Ted Cruz From Daily Mail Reporter Who Is "Dancing To Donald Trump's Tune"". Daily Mail Interview, www.realclearpolitics.com. March 29, 2016.

• The most effective way to beat Hillary Clinton is to remind voters of Hillary Clinton's behavior.

  Carly Fiorina

  Voters, Way, Behavior

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I've laid out a plan for how we keep people safe here at home, and I've laid out a plan of how we wage war and win by denying ISIS territory overseas. We must deny them their territory because the territory that they've conquered because Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama declared victory in Iraq and against every generals advice withdrew all of our troops, leaving a vacuum, weaponry, territory for ISIS to conquer, that territory, their caliphate, is that from which they draw legitimacy, potency, credibility. We have to deny them that territory.

  Carly Fiorina

  War, Home, Winning

  "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 06, 2016.

• When Iran continues to get away with bad behavior, what do our allies who are Iran's enemies think about us? It is why we cannot stand by while Russia allies itself with Iran. You can't outsource American leadership to Russia. Russia isn't on our side. They're on their side and Iran's side.

  Carly Fiorina

  Thinking, Russia, Iran

  "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 6, 2016.

• Everything Bill Clinton has done is fair game. He's a former president. I just don't think that is the most effective way to beat Hillary Clinton, because while all that was going on there were a lot of women who felt for whatever reason great sympathy for Hillary Clinton. Look, if my husband were doing that, I would have left him. I would not have behaved the way Hillary Clinton did.

  Carly Fiorina

  Husband, Thinking, Games

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• When our embassy is attacked in Benghazi by terrorists and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Russia invades Ukraine and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Syria crosses the red line and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When Iran launches tests of ballistic missiles and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. When North Korea attacks Sony Pictures and there is no response, you get more bad behavior. In other words, Mrs. Clinton, you cannot lead from behind. We must respond when we are attacked or provoked.

  Carly Fiorina

  Russia, Ukraine, Iran

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• When you don't respond to bad behavior, you get more of it.

  Carly Fiorina

  Behavior, Bad Behavior

  "Christie explains changed stance on gun laws; Trump Jr. talks father's candidacy; Fiorina scolds Clinton". "Hannity" with Sean Hannity, www.foxnews.com. January 06, 2016.

• Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency.

  Carly Fiorina

  Insulting, President, United States

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• All the pundits and D.C. insiders thought I'd never be standing on the main stage. I am and I'm going to stay there.

  Carly Fiorina

  Pundits, Stage, Standing

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I'm really paying attention. People make up their minds late.

  Carly Fiorina

  People, Mind, Attention

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• There are kind of four people up at the top, [Donald] Trump,[Marco] Rubio,[Ted] Cruz,[Ben] Carson, and then there's me and about three governors. I'm perfectly happy with that position right now, honestly, because when I started this race, I was 17 out of 16. The pollsters didn't even ask my name, because so few people knew me.

  Carly Fiorina

  Race, Names, People

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I've made tough calls and tough times and been held accountability. I think that is the kind of leadership that the American people need now to produce results.

  Carly Fiorina

  Thinking, People, Tough Times

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• Nobody needs to worry whether or not I've been tested.

  Carly Fiorina

  Worry, Needs, Tested

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the world. I have a lot of foreign policy experience. I understand bureaucracies. I understand technology, and I understand leadership.

  Carly Fiorina

  Mean, Technology, Thinking

  Source: www.foxnews.com

• I have been tested in many ways, personally, I have beaten breast cancer, I buried a child to addiction. Professionally, you cannot go from being a secretary of nine-person real estate firm to the chief executive of the largest technology company in the world without having been tested over and over and over.

  Carly Fiorina

  Children, Real, Cancer

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• Nobody needs to worry about my toughness.

  Carly Fiorina

  Worry, Needs, Toughness

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I'm quoting Margaret Thatcher. I quote her frequently.

  Carly Fiorina

  Quoting

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• Margaret Thatcher was a great leader for her nation at a pivotal and a perilous time. So, I find the comparison flattering, but that's up to others to say whether that comparison is justified.

  Carly Fiorina

  Leader, Justified, Flattering

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• I go to social media, check out my granddaughter's new boyfriend, but the Department of Homeland Security can't figure out they need to be tracking they jihadi web sites?

  Carly Fiorina

  Media, Granddaughter, Needs

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• Some of this is bureaucratic ineptitude and a great deal of this is an administration that doesn't understand the urgency of the situation, and therefore this [Barack Obama] administration has not reached out actively to the private sector and said, we need help.

  Carly Fiorina

  Needs, Ineptitude, Administration

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• In World War II, the government went to the private sector. The government asked the private sector for help in doing things that the government could not do. The private sector complied. That is what I am suggesting.

  Carly Fiorina

  War, Government, World

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• There's a whole company called Palantir that does nothing but derive and create algorithms riches to search through big data. We're not using their capabilities. For heaven's sake, some of this is just ineptitude.

  Carly Fiorina

  Data, Heaven, Doe

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• Tim Cook has been asked a very specific question, in public by the way, and Tim Cook has refused in public. I don't blame him for that. I will guarantee you that there are all kinds of things that the private sector can be doing to be helpful, and they have not been engaged.

  Carly Fiorina

  Guarantees, Way, Helpful

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.

• It's not a world war yet, but we're at war, because ISIS has declared war on us.

  Carly Fiorina

  War, Isis, World

  "Fiorina: Trump is a Clinton Christmas gift, I'm the lump of coal; US doing enough to defeat ISIS?". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. December 20, 2015.