I think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That’s what’s numbing – if you think you can’t change, you can’t be better. And I didn’t like that.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONI think what breaks people is not adversity; what breaks people is thinking that tomorrow is going to be just like yesterday. That’s what’s numbing – if you think you can’t change, you can’t be better. And I didn’t like that.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONSincerity? I can fake that.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONPosterity is the world to come; the world for whom we hold our ideals, from whom we have borrowed our planet, and to whom we bear sacred responsibility. We must do what America does best: offer more opportunity to all and demand responsibility from all.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONFor 60 years, Social Security has meant more than an ID number on a tax form; more than a monthly check in the mail. It reflects our deepest values – our respect for our parents and our belief that all Americans deserve to retire with dignity.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONI tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONWhen we give what we can, and give it with joy, we don’t just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONWhen people are feeling insecure, they’d rather have someone who is strong and wrong rather than somebody who is weak and right.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONWhat you earn depends on what you learn.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIf you come from a wealthy country with open borders, unless you seriously believe you can kill, imprison or occupy all your enemies, you have to make a world with more friends and fewer enemies – with more partners and fewer terrorists.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONI did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told anybody to lie, not a single time – never. These allegations are false.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONHistory will remember Nelson Mandela as a champion for human dignity and freedom, for peace and reconciliation.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONAmerica’s greatness depends on the ability of its citizens to make the most of their lives. Americans with disabilities are an enormous, often untapped reservoir of that potential.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIt’s the biggest public health problem in America, the rising rates of obesity among our young people and very heavy statistics among our adult population.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONProfound and powerful forces are shaking and remaking our world. And the urgent question of our time is whether we can make change our friend and not our enemy.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONIf you want to know where I come by the passionate commitment I have to bringing people together without regard to race, it all started with my grandfather.
WILLIAM J. CLINTONThough we march to the music of our time, our mission is timeless.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON