William J. Clinton Quotes

You should strive to find happiness every day and not believe that it comes at the end of the journey.

Volunteering is an act of heroism on a grand scale. And it matters profoundly. It does more than help people beat the odds; it changes the odds.

Only a fool does not look to explain his mistakes.

Presidents are not permitted to have personal feelings.

The ideals that bind us together are as old as our nation, but so are the forces that pull us apart.

Hope I lived up to my reputation for being slick.

Along the way they're (MLB) going to lose millions of more American fans.

I regret to say that my hand did, in fact, have an improper relationship with Chelsea Clinton. The incident represents a profound lapse of judgment for which my hand takes sole responsibility.

We're not talking about a few rooms here with delicate personal matters involved.

I knew from the minute I saw her (Hillary) that if I got involved with her I would fall in love with her.

I was not elected to produce a pile of vetoes.

Almost makes you want to go to jail out here, doesn't it?

We will reduce the White House staff by 25 percent

[They let] friendship with the leaders in China obscure our devotion to freedom and democracy when those kids set up in Tiananmen Square, and I think it was wrong.

I'm just trying to suppress my natural impulses and get back to work.

For four years we've been cooperating exhaustively

It is inconceivable that anyone could say we have tried to hide anything

$100,000 donors buy access to Congress and the White House. We believe it's long past time to clean up Washington.

An innocent bureaucratic snafu.

When you get asked hundreds of questions, it's not possible to remember the answer to every one.

constituted a critical lapse in judgement and a personal failure on my part for which I am solely responsable

Throughout the Middle East, there is a great yearning for the quiet miracle of a normal life.

Since I don't have access to the White House pastry chef anymore, it's done wonders for my figure.

We live to prove that cooperation works better than conflict.

There are always going to be people who want to be president, and some days I'd like to give it to them.

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.

Torture must only be hypothetical exception, not US policy.

Democracy does not have to be a bloodsport, it can be an honorable enterprise that advances the public interest.

The established order has too many self-protecting economic entities, and not enough people who yet understand what it takes to change.

The most profound security threat we face today is global warming....climate change has the capacity to change the way all of us live.

I hate it when people blame someone else and don't take responsibility.

There's nothing wrong with making mistakes. Just don't respond with encores.

Only astrophysicists new about the Internet 20 years ago. Today my cat has a website.

When we put aside partisanship, embrace the best ideas regardless of where they come from and work for principled compromise, we can move America not left or right, but forward.

Never tell anyone to go to hell unless you can make 'em go.

I'm Bill Clinton and I think you deserve a change. That's why I've offered a plan to get the economy moving again, starting with a middle-class tax cut.

The people have spoken, but it will take a while to determine exactly what they said.

Each generation of Americans must define what it means to be an American.

Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.

The last time I checked, the Constitution said, 'of the people, by the people and for the people.' That's what the Declaration of Independence says.

You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.

A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.

Just try to imagine what it would be like to be 300 million years old.

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

A few years back, this guy [Barack Obama] would be serving us coffee.

The most ethical administration in the history of the Republic.

If no one consumes these products, people will stop roducing them. They will not build it if you didn't come.

I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.

As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of our power.

[My mom] had this amazing attitude in the face of everything, including when she got cancer.