Bill Clinton, [William Jefferson Blythe III] (1946- ), 42nd US President Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [1-27] of 27 Bill Clinton quotesBill Clinton QuotesBill Clinton The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.~ Bill Clinton The First Amendment does not require students to leave their religion at the schoolhouse door. … If students can wear T-shirts advertising sports teams, rock groups or politicians, they can also wear T-shirts that promote religion. … Religion is too important to our history and our heritage for us to keep it out of our schools.~ Bill Clinton The Bush administration continues to coddle China, despite its continuing crackdown on democratic reform, its brutal subjugation of Tibet, its irresponsible export of nuclear and missile technology... Such forbearance on our part might have made sense during the Cold War when China was the counterweight to Soviet power. It makes no sense to play the China card now when our opponents have thrown in their hand.~ Bill Clinton You know, by the time you become the leader of a country, someone else makes all the decisions. ... You may find you can get away with virtual presidents, virtual prime ministers, virtual everything.~ Bill Clinton There's just no such thing as truth when it comes to him. He just says whatever sounds good and worries about it after the election.~ Bill Clinton You know the one thing that's wrong with this country? Everyone gets a chance to have their fair say.~ Bill Clinton I am here because I want to redefine the meaning of citizenship in America... If you’re asked in school ‘What does it mean to be a good citizen?’ I want the answer to be, ‘Well, to be a good citizen, you have to obey the law, you’ve got to go to work or be in school, you’ve got to pay your taxes and, oh, yes, you have to serve in your community to help make it a better place.’~ Bill Clinton The road to tyranny, we must remember, begins with the destruction of the truth.~ Bill Clinton We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans...~ Bill Clinton The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of...older men who prey on underage women...There are consequences to decisions and...one way or the other, people always wind up being held accountable.~ Bill Clinton There are a lot of very brilliant people who believe that the nation-state is fast becoming a relic of the past.~ Bill Clinton We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans...~ Bill Clinton Every time Bush talks about trust it makes chills run up and down my spine. The way he has trampled on the truth is a travesty of the American political system.~ Bill Clinton There is no reason for anyone in this country -- anyone except a police officer or military person -- to buy, to own, to have, to use a handgun. The only way to control handgun use in this country is to prohibit the guns.~ Bill Clinton If the personal freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution inhibit the government's ability to govern the people, we should look to limit those guarantees.~ Bill Clinton It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is.~ Bill Clinton The purpose of government is to rein in the rights of the people.~ Bill Clinton You can't say you love your country and hate your government.~ Bill Clinton When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans ... And so a lot of people say there's too much personal freedom. 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 and more things like that to try to make people safer in their communities.~ Bill Clinton When we got organized as a country and we wrote a fairly radical Constitution with a radical Bill of Rights, giving a radical amount of individual freedom to Americans, it was assumed that the Americans who had that freedom would use it responsibly.... [However, now] there's a lot of irresponsibility. And so a lot of people say there's too much freedom. When personal freedom's being abused, you have to move to limit it.~ Bill Clinton A lot of wonderful people love their country and hate the military.~ Bill Clinton African-Americans watch the same news at night that ordinary Americans do.~ Bill Clinton I've said I've never broken the drug laws of my country, and that is the absolute truth.~ Bill Clinton It depends on what the meaning of the word is. If the– if he– if "is" means is and never has been, that is not– that is one thing. If it means there is none, that was a completely true statement.... Now, if someone had asked me on that day, are you having any kind of sexual relations with Ms. Lewinsky, that is, asked me a question in the present tense, I would have said no. And it would have been completely true.~ Bill Clinton No one wants to get this (Lewinsky) matter behind us more than I do, except maybe all the rest of the American people,~ Bill Clinton Nothing in the First Amendment converts our public schools into religion-free zones or requires all religious expression to be left behind at the schoolhouse door. … Government’s schools also may not discriminate against private religious expression during the school day.~ Bill Clinton Q.- "If you had it to do over again, would you inhale?" A.- "Sure, if I could... I tried before!~ Bill Clinton Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print