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

William J. Clinton

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, Adversity, Mistakes

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

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

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

Wings, Eagle, You

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

Listening, People, You

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

Best Friend, Best, Caring

Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little. William J. Clinton

Caring, Too Much, Little

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

American Dream, College

Character is a journey, not a destination. William J. Clinton

Journey, Character

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, Independence, People

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

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

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, Together, I Am

I still believe in a place called Hope. William J. Clinton

Hope, Believe, Place

When times are tough, constant conflict may be good politics but in the real world, cooperation works better. After all, nobody's right all the time, and a broken clock is right twice a day. William J. Clinton

Time, Good, Politics

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

Together, Support, Society

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

Support, I Am, Gun Control

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

Time, Stress, Hate

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

America, Nothing, Right

In today's knowledge-based economy, what you earn depends on what you learn. Jobs in the information technology sector, for example, pay 85 percent more than the private sector average. William J. Clinton

Technology, Today

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president. William J. Clinton

Mistakes, Know, You

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, They Say

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values. William J. Clinton

Wisdom, Strength, Values

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

Education, Motivation

Let us all take more responsibility, not only for ourselves and our families but for our communities and our country. William J. Clinton

Responsibility, Country, Us

President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in a nation of shared opportunities, shared prosperity and shared responsibilities. William J. Clinton

American Dream, America

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

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