Carly Fiorina's Top Moments at the Fox News/Facebook Debate on August 6, 2015

Carly Fiorina's Top Moments at the Fox News/Facebook Debate on August 6, 2015
 
Foreign policy
CARLY: "...America is back in the leadership business, and when America does not lead the world is a dangerous and a tragic place."
 
We need a nominee who will throw punches
CARLY: "Hillary Clinton lies about Benghazi. She lies about e-mails. She is still defending Planned Parenthood. And she is still her party's front-runner. 2016 is going to be a fight between conservatism and a Democrat party that is undermining the very character of this nation. We need a nominee who is going to throw every punch, not pull punches, and someone who cannot stumble before he even gets into the ring. I am not a member of the political class. I am a conservative. I can win this job. I can do this job. I need your help. I need your support. I will, with your help and support, lead the resurgence of this great nation. Thank you."
 
Challenging the status quo
CARLY: "This is a great nation. It is a unique nation. In all of human history, and on the face of the planet. Because here our founders believed that everyone has a right to fulfill their potential, and that that right, they called it life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, comes from God and cannot be taken away by government. We have arrived at a point in our nation’s history where the potential of this nation, and too many Americans is being crushed by the weight, the power, the cost, the complexity, the ineptitude, and the corruption of the federal government. And only someone who will challenge the status quo of Washington, D.C. can lead the resurgence of this great nation. I will do that."
 
Trump
CARLY: "Well, I don't know. I did not get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race. Did any of you get a phone call from Bill Clinton? I didn't. Maybe it's because I hadn’t given money to the Foundation or donated to his wife's Senate campaign. Here's the thing that I would ask Donald Trump, in all seriousness. He is the party's front-runner right now, and good for him. I think he's tapped into an anger that people feel. They're sick of politics as usual. You know, whatever your issue, your cause, the festering problem you hoped would be resolved, the political class has failed you. That's just a fact. That's what Donald Trump taps into. I would also just say this. Since he has changed his mind on amnesty, on health care, and on abortion, I would just ask what are the principles by which he will govern?"
 
Why conservatism?
CARLY: "I agree with my colleagues -- we need to begin by undoing, I would begin by undoing a whole set of things that President Obama has done on whether it's illegal amnesty or this latest round of EPA regulations. But let me go back to something that is very important that we have been debating right her. We have been debating the core difference between conservatism and progressivism. I am a conservative because I believe no one of us is any better than any other one of us. Every one of us is gifted by God -- whether it is those poor babies being picked over, or someone who's life is wrapped up in a web of dependence. Progressives don't believe that. Progressives believe that some are smarter than others, some are better than others, so some are going to need to take care of others. That is the fight we have to have, and we have to undo a whole set of things that President Obama has done that get at the heart of his disrespect and disregard for too many Americans."
 
Why Carly should be president
CARLY: "Well, I would begin by reminding people that at this point in previous presidential elections Jimmy Carter couldn't win, Ronald Reagan couldn't win, Bill Clinton couldn't win, and neither could have Barack Obama. I started as a secretary and became ultimately the chief executive of the largest technology company in the world, almost $90 billion in over 150 countries. I know personally how extraordinary and unique this nation is. I think to be Commander in Chief in the 21st century requires someone who understands how the economy works; someone who understands how the world works and who's in it -- I know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- understands bureaucracies, how to cut them down to size, and hold them accountable; understands technology, which is a tool but it's also a weapon that's being used against us. Most importantly, I think I understand leadership, which sometimes requires a tough call in a tough time. But mostly the highest calling of leadership is to challenge the status quo, and unlock the potential of others. We need a leader who will lead the resurgence of this great nation, and unlock its potential once again."
 
Cybersecurity
CARLY: "Well let me say first that it is disturbing that every time one of these home-grown terrorists attacks occurs, and as your question points out, they are occurring with far too great frequency, it turns out we had warning signals. It turns out we knew something was wrong. It turns out some dot wasn't connected. So the first thing we have to do is make sure that everyone, and every responsible agency is attuned to all of these possibilities and symptoms. We even had warnings about the Boston marathon bombers, and yet the dots weren't connected. So we need to get on a different mindset. Secondly, I certainly support that we need to tear down cyber walls, not on a mass basis but on a targeted basis. Let me just say that we also need to tear down the cyber walls that China is erecting, that Russia is erecting. We need to be very well aware of the fact that China and Russia are using technology to attack us just as ISIS is using technology to recruit those who would murder American citizens. I do not believe that we need to wholesale destroy every American citizen's privacy in order to go after those that we know are suspect or are already a problem. But yes, there is more collaboration required between private sector companies and the public sector. Specifically and we know, that we could have detected and repelled some of these cyber attacks if that collaboration had been permitted. A law been sitting languishing sadly on Capitol Hill, and has not yet been passed and it would help."