--- title: New York Bombing: Read Hillary Clinton's Full Remarks description: Hillary Clinton called for Americans to stay strong in the face of bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend. canonical: https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/ author: TIME article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-19T15:26:38.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:41:08.076Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Clinton's Remarks on New York and New Jersey Bombings og:description: "We choose resolve, not fear." og:url: https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53731ac4b417b4db/6988a6aa0a4a221da99cb539/gettyimages-607365556-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks as her microphones are adjusted during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Clinton's Remarks on New York and New Jersey Bombings twitter:description: "We choose resolve, not fear." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53731ac4b417b4db/6988a6aa0a4a221da99cb539/gettyimages-607365556-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's Remarks on New York and New Jersey Bombings by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 19, 2016 3:26 PM UTC  Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks as her microphones are adjusted during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks as her microphones are adjusted during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC.BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Sep 19, 2016 3:26 PM UTC Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton [called for Americans to stay strong](http://time.com/4499292/hillary-clinton-americans-to-confront-terror-with-resolve-not-fear/) in the face of bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend. Speaking on a runway before boarding her campaign jet in White Plains, N.Y., Clinton said the threat of terrorism “is real, but so is our resolve.” Read a full transcript of her remarks. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/"},"headline":"Read Hillary Clinton's Remarks on New York and New Jersey Bombings","datePublished":"2016-09-19T15:26:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:41:08.076Z","description":"Hillary Clinton called for Americans to stay strong in the face of bombings in New York and New Jersey over the weekend.","url":"https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","2016 Election topic","New Jersey","New York","Terrorism","transcripts"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53731ac4b417b4db/6988a6aa0a4a221da99cb539/gettyimages-607365556-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53731ac4b417b4db/6988a6aa0a4a221da99cb539/gettyimages-607365556-copy.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks as her microphones are adjusted during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC.","caption":"Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks as her microphones are adjusted during the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Phoenix Awards Dinner on September 17, 2016 in Washington, DC.","creditText":"BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4499459/hillary-clinton-new-york-bombing-press-conference/","name":"Read Hillary Clinton's Remarks on New York and New Jersey Bombings"}}]}] ```