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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) US politician, 42nd President of the United States; husband of Hillary Clinton, primarily uses the nickname Bill
- "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America."
—From his first inaugural address, Jan. 20, 1993 [1]
- "It would scare the shit out of al Qaeda if suddenly a bunch of black ninjas rappelled out of helicopters in to the middle of their camp. It would get us an enormous deterrence and show those guys we're not afraid."
—As quoted in The Age of Sacred Terror [2]
- "Today, future belongs to freedom, not to fear."
—During campaigning for John Kerry in 2004 presidential election.
- "Briefs."
—In response to a teenager's question on his underwear in 1994. [3]
- "End welfare as we know it."
—Statement during 1992 US presidential campaign, and many times thereafter. [4][5][6][7]
- "Posterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all."
—First Inaugural Address (January 20, 1993)
- "Our rich texture of racial, religious and political diversity will be a Godsend in the 21st century. Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together."
—Second Inaugural Address (January 20, 1997)
- "No one wants to get this matter behind us more than I do—except maybe all the rest of the American people."
—Statement on the Monica Lewinsky affair, at Rose Garden press conference (July 31, 1998)
- "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If the—if he—if 'is' means is and never has been, that is not—that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement."
—Grand Jury testimony (August 17, 1998)
- "People like you always help the far-right, because you like to hurt people, and you like to talk about how bad people are and all their personal failings."
—On the emphasis in the news media on the Starr investigation and the Lewinsky affair (June 22nd, 2004) Panorama interview
- "We need a steady stream of cash. The American people have been uncommonly generous."
—(2005 February 20), statement from tsunami-ravaged areas in southeastern Asia while standing alongside his former political rival, President George H. W. Bush
- "Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came yesterday or walked this land a thousand years ago our great challenge for the 21st century is to find a way to be One America. We can meet all the other challenges if we can go forward as One America."
—Final State of the Union Address (January 19, 1999)
- "A hundred years from tonight, another American President will stand in this place and report on the State of the Union. He—or she—(applause)—he or she will look back on a 21st century shaped in so many ways by the decisions we make here and now. So let it be said of us then that we were thinking not only of our time, but of their time; that we reached as high as our ideals; that we put aside our divisions and found a new hour of healing and hopefulness; that we joined together to serve and strengthen the land we love."
—Final State of the Union Address (January 19, 1999)
- "You should have disagreements with your leaders and your colleagues, but if it becomes immediately a question of questioning people's motives, and if immediately you decide that somebody who sees a whole new situation differently than you must be a bad person and somehow twisted inside, we are not going to get very far in forming a more perfect union."
—Statement (May 21, 2004)
- "And I think America, if we're ever going to truly defeat terror without changing the character of our own country or compromising the future of our children, has got to not only say, "Okay, I want to shoulder my responsibilities, I want to create my share of opportunities" but we have to find a way to define the future in terms of a humanity that goes beyond our country, that goes beyond any particular race, that goes beyond any particular religion."
—Statement (May 21, 2004)
- "I felt like a pickle stepping into history."
—During the unveiling of his official portrait in the East Room of the White House (June 14, 2004)
- "Strength and wisdom are not opposing values."
—In support of John Kerry at the Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 26th, 2004
- "We want to live forever, and we're getting there."
—Millenium evening at the White House (December 2003)
- "I think the country could be spared a lot of agony and the government could worry about inflation and a lot of other problems if [Nixon would] go on and resign. [There is] no question that an admission of making false statements to government officials and interfering with the FBI and the CIA is an impeachable offense."
—While campaigning for a Congressional seat in Arkansas, about Richard Nixon.
- "What we have to do now is not to forget these people and places when all the cameras are not there. I think that’s the most important message I can say to the American people right now."
—February 2005, while touring tsunami devastated areas with his predecessor, George H. W. Bush
- "What are the needs of the world? What can I do that won't be done if I don't do it?"
—ABC Primetime Live interview during opening of his presidential library in Little Rock, Ark., November 2004
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