Quotes from William J. Clinton

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 plan after office is to get up and spend that entire first day helping my wife move into her new senatorial office.

I never thought of political endeavors primarily in terms of power and prestige, and I never thought of economic endeavors primarily in terms of wealth and position.

We need to be creating a world that we would like to live in when we're not the biggest power on the block.

When you're president, you have more power to help more people, but you also are the prisoner of circumstances as well, and countervailing political forces more.

Indeed, I did have a relationship with Miss Lewinsky that was not appropriate. In fact, it was wrong.

President Obama started with a much weaker economy than I did. Listen to me now. No president, not me, not any of my predecessors, no one could have fully repaired all the damage that he found in just four years.

If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program.

One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line.

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

In a world with no systems, with chaos, everything becomes a guerilla struggle, and this predictability is not there. And it becomes almost impossible to save lives, educate kids, develop economies, whatever.

In our hearts and in our laws, we must treat all our people with fairness and dignity, regardless of their race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. . . .

Today, many companies are reporting that their number one constraint on growth is the inability to hire workers with the necessary skills.

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

We need not just a new generation of leadership but a new gender of leadership

I might not have been President if it hadn't been for school music. Learning improves in school environments where there are comprehensive music programs.

To avoid having bad things happen, learning to manage your anger and to actually share how you really feel about something, and get it behind you is one of the most important aspects of growing up.

We must say no to illegal immigration so we can continue to say yes to legal immigration.

When some Republican governors asked to try new ways to put people on welfare back to work, the Obama Administration said they would only do it if they had a credible plan to increase employment by 20%. You hear that? More work. So the claim that President Obama weakened welfare reform's work requirement is just not true.

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

When I became president with a commitment to reform health care, Hillary was a natural to head the health care task force. You all know we failed because we couldn't break a Senate filibuster. Hillary immediately went to work on solving the problems the bill sought to address one by one.

I personally don't believe we ought to be raising taxes or cutting spending, either one, until we get this economy off the ground. I'll pay more, but it won't solve the problem.

Won't it be sad to have an Internet connection to Mars if there are no Martians to write to or e-mail us?

Nothing big ever came from being small.