--- title: Hillary Clinton Georgetown: Transcript of Her Remarks description: Hillary Clinton on Friday honored the role of women in global politics. Read the full transcript of her remarks at Georgetown University canonical: https://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-31T17:56:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T04:08:55.406Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics og:description: She called Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid a "grave mistake" og:url: https://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt502528dafe886e76/6988c0d04dd2155bb0efe594/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: Hillary Clinton Attends Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace And Security Event og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Hillary Clinton's Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics twitter:description: She called Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid a "grave mistake" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt502528dafe886e76/6988c0d04dd2155bb0efe594/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Hillary Clinton's Georgetown Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics > Sponsored content. 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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton smiles while receiving a standing ovation before delivering remarks at Georgetown University on March 31, 2017 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee/Getty Images  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Mar 31, 2017 5:56 PM UTC Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday [honored the role of women](http://time.com/4718996/hillary-clinton-georgetown-university-speech-watch-live/) in global politics and [implored the Trump Administration](http://time.com/4720792/hillary-clinton-donald-trump-women-diplomacy/) not to retreat from making the U.S. a leader “on behalf of peace in the world.” “This Administration’s proposed cuts to international health, development and diplomacy would be a blow to women and children and a grave mistake for our country,” she said in her remarks at the award ceremony hosted by the [Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security](https://giwps.georgetown.edu/hrc%5Fawards%5F2017). “We have to ask, will we be left behind or will we continue to lead the way?” Clinton added. “I hope the answer is that we will do whatever it takes to make our country and the world stronger and more secure.” Read Clinton’s full remarks here: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Hillary Clinton's Georgetown Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics","datePublished":"2017-03-31T17:56:24.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T04:08:55.406Z","description":"She called Trump's proposed cuts to foreign aid a \"grave mistake\"","url":"https://time.com/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/","keywords":["Hillary Clinton","College","transcript","transcripts","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt502528dafe886e76/6988c0d04dd2155bb0efe594/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Katie Reilly","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt502528dafe886e76/6988c0d04dd2155bb0efe594/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Hillary Clinton Attends Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace And Security Event","caption":"Hillary Clinton Attends Georgetown Institute For Women, Peace And Security Event","creditText":"Win McNamee/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/4721094/hillary-clinton-georgetown-transcript/","name":"Read Hillary Clinton's Georgetown Speech on Women's Role in Peace and Politics"}}]}] ```