William J. Clinton Quotes

American - President Born: August 19, 1946

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If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

William J. Clinton

Life Live Adversity You

It turns out that advancing equal opportunity and economic empowerment is both morally right and good economics, because discrimination, poverty and ignorance restrict growth, while investments in education, infrastructure and scientific and technological research increase it, creating more good jobs and new wealth for all of us.

William J. Clinton

Education Good Growth Opportunity

Work is about more than making a living, as vital as that is. It's fundamental to human dignity, to our sense of self-worth as useful, independent, free people.

William J. Clinton

Work People Independence Free

I married my best friend. I was still in awe after more than four years of being around her at how smart and strong and loving and caring she was. And I really hoped that her choosing me and rejecting my advice to pursue her own career was a decision she would never regret.

William J. Clinton

Friend Best Decision Me

Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.

William J. Clinton

Caring Too Much Cruel Little

If you want a future of shared prosperity, where the middle class is growing and poverty is declining, where the American Dream is alive and well, and where the United States remains the leading force for peace and prosperity in a highly competitive world, you should vote for Barack Obama.

William J. Clinton

Future Peace Vote You

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

William J. Clinton

You Eagle Wings Pig Make

I am grateful to President George W. Bush for PEPFAR, which is saving the lives of millions of people in poor countries and to both Presidents Bush for the work we've done together after the South Asia tsunami, Hurricane Katrina and the Haitian earthquake.

William J. Clinton

Work I Am Grateful People

Character is a journey, not a destination.

William J. Clinton

Journey Character Destination

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

William J. Clinton

I Am Gun Support Control

When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.

William J. Clinton

American Dream College Dream American

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.

William J. Clinton

Me Hurt Deep I Can

You have to make a conscious decision to change for your own well-being and that of your family and your country.

William J. Clinton

Family Change Decision You

In the new economy, information, education, and motivation are everything.

William J. Clinton

Education New Motivation Information

If you win elections on the theory that government is always bad and will mess up a two-car parade... a real change-maker represents a real threat. So your only option is to create a cartoon, a cartoon alternative, then run against the cartoon. Cartoons are two-dimensional; they're easy to absorb.

William J. Clinton

You Win Bad Government

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

William J. Clinton

Strength Wisdom Values Opposing

I want American Dream growth - lots of new businesses, well-paying jobs, and American leadership in new industries, like clean energy and biotechnology.

William J. Clinton

Leadership Growth American Dream New

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

William J. Clinton

Hope Interesting Say They Say

The 22nd Amendment should probably be modified to say two consecutive terms instead of two terms for a lifetime.

William J. Clinton

Say Two Amendment Should

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.

William J. Clinton

You Mistakes Know President

It's heartbreaking to see so many people trapped in a web of enforced idleness, deep debt, and gnawing self-doubt.

William J. Clinton

People Deep See Debt

We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.

William J. Clinton

Children Words Teach Our

There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.

William J. Clinton

Wrong Nothing America Memorial Day

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

William J. Clinton

Food McDonald President Eaten

My fellow Americans, you have to decide what kind of country you want to live in. If you want a you're on your own, winner take all society you should support the Republican ticket. If you want a country of shared opportunities and shared responsibilities - a 'we're all in it together' society, you should vote for Barack Obama and Joe Biden.

William J. Clinton

Live Support Together Winner

Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

William J. Clinton

People You Nobody Listening

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