Bill Clinton quote: "You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values."

The divide of race has been America's constant curse. Each new wave of immigrants gives new targets ...
BILL CLINTON

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.....
BILL CLINTON

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America.
BILL CLINTON

No wonder Americans hate politics when, year in and year out, they hear politicians make promises th...
BILL CLINTON

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your...
BILL CLINTON

Sometimes when people are under stress, they hate to think, and it's the time when they most need to...
BILL CLINTON

You know, it's just one small step from legacy to lame duck.
BILL CLINTON

Simply put, unsustainable debt is helping to keep too many poor countries and poor people in poverty...
BILL CLINTON

It's the economy, stupid.
BILL CLINTON

If people can't let go to the hatred of their enemies, they risk sowing the seeds of hate among them...
BILL CLINTON

People can quarrel with whether we should have more troops in Afghanistan or internationalize Iraq o...
BILL CLINTON

Running helps me stay on an even keel and in an optimistic frame of mind.
BILL CLINTON

We all do better when we work together. Our differences do matter, but our common humanity matters m...
BILL CLINTON

Ronald Reagan and George Bush pushed through programs that raised taxes on the middle class. I think...
BILL CLINTON

[George Bush] has raised taxes on the people driving pickup trucks and lowered taxes on the people r...
BILL CLINTON

The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a l...
BILL CLINTON

Opportunity for all means making taxes fair. I'm not out to soak the rich. But I do believe the rich...
BILL CLINTON

We have to ask the wealthiest Americans to pay their fair share again. Their incomes went up in the ...
BILL CLINTON

I'm not going to raise taxes on middle-class Americans to pay for the programs I've recommended.
BILL CLINTON

Globalization is not something we can hold off or turn off . . . it is the economic equivalent of a ...
BILL CLINTON

I did not run for this job just to warm the seat. I desperately want to make a difference.
BILL CLINTON

Character is a journey, not a destination.
BILL CLINTON

By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well.
BILL CLINTON

Golf is like life in a lot of ways - All the biggest wounds are self-inflicted
BILL CLINTON

Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
BILL CLINTON

For too long we've been told about "us" and "them." Each and every election we see a new slate of ar...
BILL CLINTON

I have always believed that the decision to have an abortion generally should be between a woman, he...
BILL CLINTON

Cooperation works better than constant conflict because nobody is right all the time, and a broken c...
BILL CLINTON

Nobody is right all the time and a broken clock is right twice a day.
BILL CLINTON

I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions.
BILL CLINTON

Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
BILL CLINTON

It wasn't my finest hour. It wasn't even my finest half hour.
BILL CLINTON

It appears that some school officials, teachers, and parents have assumed that religious expression ...
BILL CLINTON

No wonder Americans hate politics, when year in, year out, they hear politicians make promises that ...
BILL CLINTON

Strict adherence to these guidelines will ensure that federal employees will respect the rights of t...
BILL CLINTON

There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country...
BILL CLINTON

People should get what they pay for online; it should be easy to get redress if they don't.
BILL CLINTON

This is working. You can reward work.
BILL CLINTON

I am profoundly grateful to you for twice giving me the honor to serve, to work for you and with you...
BILL CLINTON

if you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person...
BILL CLINTON

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person...
BILL CLINTON

Keep your eyes on the prize and don't turn back.
BILL CLINTON

All of us -- parents, schools, communities and government -- share responsibility to keep kids safe.
BILL CLINTON

I like that about the Republicans; the evidence does not faze them, they are not bothered at all by ...
BILL CLINTON

The real differences around the world today are not between Jews and Arabs; Protestants and Catholic...
BILL CLINTON

Justice may be blind, but we all know that diversity in the courts, as in all aspects of society, sh...
BILL CLINTON

You need to know that a member of Congress who refuses to allow the minimum wage to come up for a vo...
BILL CLINTON

Mental illness is nothing to be ashamed of, but stigma and bias shame us all.
BILL CLINTON

I have never seen . . . so slippery, so disgusting a candidate.
BILL CLINTON

It is inconceivable that a relationship this large, various, complex and deep, would not occasionall...
BILL CLINTON

We must protect our citizens' privacy -- the bulwark of personal liberty, the safeguard of individua...
BILL CLINTON

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People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than th...
BILL CLINTON

If you believe in a security strategy -- a strategy of more friends and fewer enemies, a strategy of...
BILL CLINTON

If Thomas Jefferson were alive today, I would appoint him secretary of state, and then Al Gore and I...
BILL CLINTON

I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President.
BILL CLINTON

That depends on what the meaning of 'is' is
BILL CLINTON

In our shock and grief one thing must remain clear, hate and prejudice are not American values. The ...
BILL CLINTON

I ask you to join in a re-United States. We need to empower our people so they can take more respons...
BILL CLINTON

Each human life is unique, born of a miracle that reaches beyond laboratory science. Any discovery t...
BILL CLINTON

Pre-emptive action today may come back with unwelcome consequences in the future because -- and I ha...
BILL CLINTON

The global economy is giving more of our own people, and billions around the world, the chance to wo...
BILL CLINTON

The first ruling was that (Canadian softwood producers had) an advantage, but that the 18 per cent t...
BILL CLINTON

. . . All of us who worked to support peace in Northern Ireland owe her our gratitude.
BILL CLINTON

If, as it now appears, this was an act of terrorism it was a despicable and cowardly act. We will fi...
BILL CLINTON

Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They'...
BILL CLINTON

money from other countries to finance Iraq, Afghanistan, Katrina, and our tax cuts.
BILL CLINTON

In eight days John Kerry is going to make America the comeback country.
BILL CLINTON

Affirmative action is an effort to develop a systematic approach to open the doors of education, emp...
BILL CLINTON

We cannot build our own future without helping others to build theirs.
BILL CLINTON

Big things are expected of us, and nothing big ever came of being small.
BILL CLINTON

I would personally get in a ditch, grab a rifle, and fight and die.
BILL CLINTON

That whether you are British, American or some other nationality, the No 1 task is to move from inte...
BILL CLINTON

It is dangerously destabilizing to have half the world on the cutting edge of technology while the o...
BILL CLINTON

This agreement will allow the delivery of life-saving medicines to people who desperately need them....
BILL CLINTON

If the issue is, is it a near certainty that at some time in the future there will some group, proba...
BILL CLINTON

We're doing 60 Minutes because we're too old for "Survivor" and "Star Search."
BILL CLINTON

[Both are using legalisms to defend themselves. Gingrich says] I did not intend to mislead the commi...
BILL CLINTON

It's California I'm worried about. I don't want you to become a laughingstock, a carnival or the beg...
BILL CLINTON

I do think it's a big mistake to assume that creating this new big department is the be-all and end-...
BILL CLINTON

to move the diplomatic process forward.
BILL CLINTON

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web.....
BILL CLINTON

During the Vietnam War, any young men -- including the current president, the vice president and me ...
BILL CLINTON

[There is] no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and inte...
BILL CLINTON

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did...No president...Not me, not any of my...
BILL CLINTON

I don't suppose there's any public figure that's ever been subject to any more violent personal atta...
BILL CLINTON

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
BILL CLINTON

Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and com...
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'...
BILL CLINTON

I think it's both good ethics and good economics to scrap this notion that we can fight a war on ter...
BILL CLINTON

I had made a terrible personal mistake which I didn't try to correct until almost a year later and I...
BILL CLINTON

There's not a single, solitary shred of evidence that I did anything wrong. . . .
BILL CLINTON

That depends on what your definition of "is" is
BILL CLINTON

The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth
BILL CLINTON

I am very disappointed in what seemingly is a system that allows me to be guilty until proven innoce...
BILL CLINTON

Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or wom...
BILL CLINTON

We should, all of us, be filled with gratitude and humility for our present progress and prosperity....
BILL CLINTON

If we want to invest in the prosperity of our nation, we must invest in the education of our childre...
BILL CLINTON

We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream w...
BILL CLINTON

I know it is unpopular. I know the timing is unpopular. I know the whole thing is unpopular. But I b...
BILL CLINTON

But I always think, when somebody attacks you, if it's not fair and you let them get away with it, i...
BILL CLINTON

I've been in politics long enough to expect criticism and hostility. But I was unprepared for the ha...
BILL CLINTON

If a president of the United States ever lied to the American People, he should resign.
BILL CLINTON

I may not have been the greatest president, but I've had the most fun eight years.
BILL CLINTON

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation...
BILL CLINTON

Taxing less and spending more... it's fun in the short run, but it's a recipe for disaster
BILL CLINTON

A guy is walking along the edge of the Grand Canyon and he falls off. He's hurtling down hundreds of...
BILL CLINTON

Nothing could be worse than this torment, and I cannot rid myself of it. I have been here all summer...
BILL CLINTON

We are engaged mainly in a struggle for the soul of this new century. Victory for our vision depends...
BILL CLINTON

We are still experiencing the largest economic expansion of our history. Our economy is 50 percent b...
BILL CLINTON

I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives...the high ethical standards...
BILL CLINTON

[First, Monica.] What I had done with Monica Lewinsky was immoral and foolish, ... I was deeply asha...
BILL CLINTON

. . . the purpose of government is to reign in the rights of the people.
BILL CLINTON

You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make it an eagle.
BILL CLINTON

We should cooperate with others in the fight against terrorism around the world, in whatever ways ar...
BILL CLINTON

Individual character involves honoring and embracing certain core ethical values; honesty, respect, ...
BILL CLINTON

California has become the first American state where there is no majority race, and we're doing just...
BILL CLINTON

Now this state [that] gave us John Adams and John Kennedy has now given us John Kerry , a good man, ...
BILL CLINTON

I am in support of the NRA position on gun control.
BILL CLINTON

The first thing you ought to do when you find yourself in a hole is quit digging. . . . Instead they...
BILL CLINTON

I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of communism abroad with the loss of t...
BILL CLINTON

There's no longer any serious doubt that climate change is real, accelerating, and caused by human a...
BILL CLINTON

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo; your time has come and gone...
BILL CLINTON

Sometimes I feel like a fire hydrant looking at a pack of dogs.
BILL CLINTON

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America
BILL CLINTON

Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
BILL CLINTON

When I was in England, I experimented with marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it, and I didn...
BILL CLINTON

Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.
BILL CLINTON

When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have become old.
BILL CLINTON

Those same closed economies, isolated from the risks of the global economy, have also been isolated ...
BILL CLINTON

There's a lot of evidence you can sell people on tax increases if they think it's an investment
BILL CLINTON

I believe that those who promote discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or any other grou...
BILL CLINTON

As we become ever more diverse, we must work harder to unite around our common values and our common...
BILL CLINTON

There's no longer any serious doubt that climate change is real,accelerating and caused by human act...
BILL CLINTON

This is by far the largest group of radio and television correspondents ever assembled this far from...
BILL CLINTON

They're cutting lots of folks out of that vote.
BILL CLINTON

This has been a time of dramatic transformation, and you have risen to every new challenge.
BILL CLINTON

We can honor Dr. King's sacrifice. We can help his children fulfill their legacy. ... Every one of u...
BILL CLINTON

..each bloodletting hastens the next, and as the value of human life is degraded and violence become...
BILL CLINTON

I will relinquish my office -- doing so with a heart filled with gratitude; gratitude to the America...
BILL CLINTON

My doctor ordered me to shut up, which will make every American happy.
BILL CLINTON

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. I mean, you can't make as many calls as ...
BILL CLINTON

There has never been a time like this, in which we have the power to create knowledge and the power ...
BILL CLINTON

In other words, our constitution was designed by people who were idealistic but not ideological. The...
BILL CLINTON

if you've ever worked in a White House, you know damn well it's not background noise. It's affecting...
BILL CLINTON

To build the world we want, America will have to be involved. And the best likelihood comes when Ame...
BILL CLINTON

Instilling sound character in our children is essential to maintaining the strength of our nation in...
BILL CLINTON

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than hel...
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON

I feel very blessed to have a partner in life who supports me, who is enthusiastic about what I want...
HILLARY CLINTON

I am, you know, adamantly against illegal immigration.
HILLARY CLINTON

The United States, obviously, has a great interest in helping to maintain peace and security in Euro...
HILLARY CLINTON

You know, everybody has setbacks in their life, and everybody falls short of whatever goals they mig...
HILLARY CLINTON

When does life start? When does it end? Who makes these decisions?... Every day, in hospitals and ho...
HILLARY CLINTON

Let's continue to stand up for those who are vulnerable to being left out or marginalized.
HILLARY CLINTON

We really got a lot of very conservative gay people. You could look at the figures from the last ele...
KATE CLINTON

They didn't even like Margaret Thatcher but at least there was Margaret Thatcher. There have bee...
KATE CLINTON

My style has been pretty much like a newspaper. It's got politics in it, it's got media, spo...
KATE CLINTON

Lesbians are likely to be drawn to stand-up, if only because it's cheaper to produce and therefo...
KATE CLINTON

I'm really happy that I was raised Catholic because it's given me years of material.
KATE CLINTON

I consider a CD or a comedy collection as a record of what I've been doing, and I try to wrap it...
KATE CLINTON

What goes for sex goes double for politics.
KATE CLINTON

We signed up for Showtime, which I think put us on a Homeland Security list somewhere.
KATE CLINTON

I'm happy to say that I'm a lesbian in the world. I know there are people who don't want...
KATE CLINTON

I definitely want people to laugh because I don't think there's a better feeling - I think i...
KATE CLINTON

As you can imagine I'm disappointed as anything that I was not selected to be the presidential r...
KATE CLINTON

Lesbian humor isn't trying to sell anything, it doesn't have to sell out. Coming out as a le...
KATE CLINTON

When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
KATE CLINTON

I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times ...
KATE CLINTON

A friend of mine said, no matter what I do I always look like an English teacher. She actually said,...
KATE CLINTON

Some women can't say the word lesbian... even when their mouth is full of one.
KATE CLINTON

I want to host a religious show. I'm sure nobody will be wanting the 11 o'clock spot on Sund...
KATE CLINTON

My father was raised with brothers, he was a football player and a boxer, he was a chief petty offic...
HILLARY CLINTON

When I was younger and women first started to get in public positions, in my case the law, we went t...
HILLARY CLINTON

When I traveled as secretary of state, I was deluged with thick briefing books full of information a...
HILLARY CLINTON

I think that we have to be constantly asking ourselves, 'How do we calculate the risk?' And ...
HILLARY CLINTON

One of the reasons this election is so important is because the Supreme Court hangs in the balance. ...
HILLARY CLINTON

I'm the only candidate which has a policy about how to bring economic opportunity - using clean,...
HILLARY CLINTON

When my father announced his campaign for president on Oct. 3, 1991, I had already cast my vote in f...
CHELSEA CLINTON

Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate about what I think is right.
HILLARY CLINTON

The challenges of change are always hard. It is important that we begin to unpack those challenges t...
HILLARY CLINTON

If you're not comfortable with public speaking - and nobody starts out comfortable; you have to ...
HILLARY CLINTON

There's a difference between fair game and playing games.
HILLARY CLINTON

Human rights are women's rights, and women's rights are human rights.
HILLARY CLINTON

You don't walk away if you love someone. You help the person.
HILLARY CLINTON

One of the biggest problems that Egypt faces is the lack of border security - the importation of wea...
HILLARY CLINTON

It is daffodil time, so the robins all cry, For the sun's a big daffodil up in the sky, And wh...
CLINTON SCOLLARD

The lyric sound of laughter Fills all the April hills The joy-song of the crocus, The mi...
CLINTON SCOLLARD

When you have armed militants, aided and abetted by a major country like Russia, able to use surface...
HILLARY CLINTON

I will not comment on or confirm what are alleged to be stolen State Department cables. But I can sa...
HILLARY CLINTON

I feel like I have had the most amazing life in my public service.
HILLARY CLINTON

The family I'm from, well, no one had their name on big buildings. My family were builders of a ...
HILLARY CLINTON

My overall goal is to level the playing field for American businesses.
HILLARY CLINTON

You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contra...
HILLARY CLINTON

I've always been incredibly proud of both of my parents and proud of the work I had done private...
CHELSEA CLINTON

In almost every profession - whether it's law or journalism, finance or medicine or academia or ...
HILLARY CLINTON

Women are the largest untapped reservoir of talent in the world.
HILLARY CLINTON

My grandmother, who passed away at the beginning of November, had a core adage in her life that '...
CHELSEA CLINTON

I hope telling stories though 'Making a Difference' - as in my academic work and nonprofit w...
CHELSEA CLINTON

I have not supported same-sex marriage. I have supported civil partnerships and contractual relation...
HILLARY CLINTON

Dignity does not come from avenging insults, especially from violence that can never be justified. I...
HILLARY CLINTON

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperat...
HILLARY CLINTON

You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.

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You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.

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