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Quotes by Bill Clinton

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.
– Bill Clinton
American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.
– Bill Clinton
I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
– Bill Clinton
I don't believe you can find any evidence of the fact that I have changed government policy solely because of a contribution.
– Bill Clinton
I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.
– Bill Clinton
I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.
– Bill Clinton
I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
– Bill Clinton
I was an equal opportunity eater. Every ethnic group got a shot.
– Bill Clinton
If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.
– Bill Clinton
In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.
– Bill Clinton
In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average.
– Bill Clinton
It takes a long time to turn a big country around. Just be of good cheer and keep working on it.
– Bill Clinton
Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.
– Bill Clinton
Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country.
– Bill Clinton
My plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.
– Bill Clinton
Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.
– Bill Clinton
One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.
– Bill Clinton
Part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone.
– Bill Clinton
Poor Darrell Hammond. What's he going to do when I leave office?
– Bill Clinton
Saddam Hussein didn't kill 3,100 people on Sept. 11. Osama bin Laden did, and as far as we know he's still alive.
– Bill Clinton
Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.
– Bill Clinton
The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.
– Bill Clinton
The community of nations may see more and more of the very kind of threat Iraq poses now: a rogue state with weapons of mass destruction, ready to use them or provide them to terrorists. If we fail to respond today, Saddam and all those who would follow in his footsteps will be emboldened tomorrow.
– Bill Clinton
The new rage is to say that the government is the cause of all our problems, and if only we had no government, we'd have no problems. I can tell you, that contradicts evidence, history, and common sense.
– Bill Clinton
To realize the full possibilities of this economy, we must reach beyond our own borders, to shape the revolution that is tearing down barriers and building new networks among nations and individuals, and economies and cultures: globalization. It's the central reality of our time.
– Bill Clinton
Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills.
– Bill Clinton
We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
– Bill Clinton
When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.
– Bill Clinton
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
– Bill Clinton
You are the most powerful cultural force in the world.
– Bill Clinton
You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.
– Bill Clinton
You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.
– Bill Clinton
And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it. That's what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we're going to have a weapons sweep and more things like that to try to make people safer in their communities.
– Bill Clinton
There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
– Bill Clinton