Quotes from William J. Clinton

Health care's complicated, can be misrepresented, it's personal, it can spark fear, it's expensive, and the people who have got the money want to keep it.

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.

I like the job. That's what I'll miss the most... I'm not sure anybody ever liked this as much as I've liked it.

You know, everybody makes mistakes when they are president.

You are the most powerful cultural force in the world.

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.

The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA is the reason the Republicans control the House.

The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.

. . . unfortunately, we can't control the actions of everyone.

Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

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

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

American and Israel share a special bond. Our relationship is unique among all nations. Like America, Israel is a strong democracy, a symbol of freedom, and an oasis of liberty, a home to the oppressed and persecuted.

When I was president, I worked hard to give you more peace and shared prosperity, to give you an America where nobody is invisible or counted out. But for this time, Hillary is uniquely qualified to seize the opportunities and reduce the risks we face. And she is still the best darn change-maker I have ever known.

When I think about the world I would like to leave to my daughter and the grandchildren I hope to have, it is a world that moves away from unequal, unstable, unsustainable interdependence to integrated communities - locally, nationally and globally - that share the characteristics of all successful communities.

Everybody counts, everybody deserves a chance, everybody has a responsible role to play and we all do better when we work together.

I still believe in a place called Hope.

Poor Darrell Hammond. What's he going to do when I leave office?

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

Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.

I believe in religious liberty. I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in working hard and playing by the rules. I'm showing up for work tomorrow.

Hillary will make us stronger together. You know it because she's spent a lifetime doing it.

Hillary had never run for office before, but she decided to give it a try. She began her campaign the way she always does new things, by listening and and learning. And after a tough battle, New York elected her to the seat once held by another outsider, Robert Kennedy.