Bill Clinton Quotes

Bill Clinton Political Quotes

“Global poverty is a powder keg that could be ignited by our indifference.”

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

Globalization is not something we can hold off or turn off . . . it is the economic equivalent of a force of nature -- like wind or water.

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

“By lifting the weakest, poorest among us, we lift the rest of us as well.”

“The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth”

“Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.”

“We need to help younger people recognize their own capacity to do good, and help them discover the rewards of generosity.”

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

“Though we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless”

“I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo; your time has come and gone. It's time for change in America.”

“When our memories outweigh our dreams, we have grown old.”

"The world knows of Rosa Parks because of a single, simple act of dignity and courage that struck a lethal blow to the foundations of legal bigotry."

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.

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

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Just as war is freedom's cost, disagreement is freedom's privilege.

A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.

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

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.