FACTBOX: Quotes from Clinton-Obama debate

(Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama squared off on Thursday in a debate that was mostly civil, but they gently sparred over the tone of the campaign, health care and experience.

Here are some views from the candidates.

HILLARY CLINTON, NEW YORK SENATOR:

"I think that if your candidacy is going to be about words, then they should be your own words. That's, I think, a very simple proposition. And, you know, lifting whole passages from someone else's speeches is not change you can believe in, it's change you can Xerox."

"There are differences between our records and our accomplishments. I have to confess, I was somewhat amused, the other night, when, on one of the TV shows, one of Senator Obama's supporters was asked to name one accomplishment of Senator Obama, and he couldn't."

"Now, there is no doubt that you are a passionate, eloquent speaker, and I applaud you for that. But when you look at what we face in this country, we do need to unite the country, but we have to unite it for a purpose around very specific goals."

"I believe passionately in getting quality affordable health care to every American. I don't want to leave anybody out. I see the results of leaving people out. I am tired of health insurance companies deciding who will live or die in America."

"I believe that I am prepared and ready on day one to be commander in chief, to be the president, to turn our economy around, and to begin making a lot of these very difficult decisions that we will inherit from George Bush. And that is what I am putting forth to the voters."

"I think everybody here knows I've lived through some crises and some challenging moments in my life. And I am grateful for the support and the prayers of countless Americans."

BARACK OBAMA, ILLINOIS SENATOR:

"Senator Clinton of late has said: 'Let's get real.' The implication is that the people who've been voting for me or involved in my campaign are somehow delusional."

"The notion that I had plagiarized from somebody who was one of my national co-chairs, who gave me the line and suggested that I use it, I think, is silly, and ... you know, this is where we start getting into silly season, in politics, and I think people start getting discouraged about it."

"What I've been talking about is not just hope and not just inspiration. It's a $4,000 tuition credit for every student, every year, in exchange for national service. I've been talking about making sure that we change our tax code ... I have been talking about making sure that we bring an end to this war in Iraq."

"If a parent is not providing health care for that child, it's because the parent's not being responsible ... But I think that adults are going to be able to see that they can afford it, under my plan ... But the notion that, somehow, I am interested in leaving out 15 million people, without health insurance, is simply not true."

"On what I believe was the single most important foreign policy decision of this generation, whether or not to go to war in Iraq, I believe I showed the judgment of a commander in chief. And I think that Senator Clinton was wrong in her judgments on that."

(Compiled by JoAnne Allen; editing by Mohammad Zargham)