When personal freedom’s being abused, you have to move to limit it. That’s what we did in the announcement I made last weekend on the public housing projects, about how we’re going to have weapon sweeps.
BILL CLINTONBeing President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.
More Bill Clinton Quotes
-
-
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.
BILL CLINTON -
I can spend your money better than you can.
BILL CLINTON -
Great rewards will come to those who can live together, learn together, work together, forge new ties that bind together.
BILL CLINTON -
Behind every great man there stands a great woman. Behind every great woman is a great behind.
BILL CLINTON -
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.
BILL CLINTON -
Being President is a little like being the grounds-keeper at a cemetery: there’s plenty of people below you but no one’s listening.
BILL CLINTON -
I still believe in a place called Hope.
BILL CLINTON -
When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
BILL CLINTON -
Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
BILL CLINTON -
When times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
BILL CLINTON -
We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
BILL CLINTON -
We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.
BILL CLINTON -
Any president that lies to the American people should have to resign.
BILL CLINTON -
Sarah, there’s a government inside the government, and I don’t control it.
BILL CLINTON -
Keep your eyes on the prize and don’t turn back.
BILL CLINTON