Bill Clinton Quotes on Countries (25 Quotes)

I think that the country needs a debate that's not a screaming match. . . . And I think too many times we have these arguments on these talk shows where they're trying to get ratings by generating heat, when we ought to be trying to generate more light.

This country is still too dangerous. . . . The crime rate is still too high. The level of violence we put up with is still unacceptable.

You live in a country that makes it harder to raise children than any other country in the world. You vote for me and I'll give you family values.

You get different and better questions if the people asking the questions represent America and the world, ... Every one of us filters the world through the prism of our own experience. The press corps should look like the country they are reporting to.

Meanwhile, every single day, there are 13 children who die from guns in this country.

The president says donors got nothing they shouldn't. What they get from me, I think, is a respectful hearing if they have some concern about issues, ... I think it's a good thing when contributors care about the country and have some particular area of expertise they want to contribute. But nobody buys a guaranteed result.

We cannot allow them to have a hundred nuclear weapons. We cannot allow a country to, in effect, become the bomb-seller of the world because they're in a snit, and because they can't grow a crop.

The Internet, no matter what political system a country has, and our political system is different from yours, the Internet is having significant political and social consequences and they cannot be erased,

If you live in a country where you're never required to take responsibility for yourself, where you never even have to ask whether there's something you should be doing to solve your own problems, then people are kept in a kind of a permanent state o

In the whole history of this country, we have probably won more friends from the power of our example than from the power of our military.

We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe.

It might be quite good, because it might be sobering for the country to realize we're in a completely new era.

It's immoral for people to die like flies in countries that are poor of diseases that kill no Americans.

In eight days John Kerry is going to make America the comeback country.

When it comes to anything that's social, whether it's your family, your school, your community, your business or your country, winning is a team sport.

I must be the only person in America that every time -- I pay the maximum tax rates -- every time I sign that tax form, I smile. I thank God I live in a country that gave me a chance to make the money I do.

As the crowd burst into chants of U.S.A., U.S.A., ... to helping people rebuild their lives, rebuild their communities ... and then to helping Kosovo and all the countries of the region build a brighter, more prosperous future based on respect for the human rights of all people.

Nobody else should die over this. And you shouldn't blame a whole country, a whole continent for what I believe was a mistake probably more of ignorance even than callousness. I don't mind Muslims all over the world being upset about this I don't mind the demonstrations, but this is not the time to burn bridges, it is the time to build them. This is an enormous opportunity because I can tell you that most people who are not Muslims are horrified that this misunderstanding has occurred, and don't want violence to come out of this, but want greater understanding.

It was a big mistake. The American government made several errors ... one of which is how easy it would be to get rid of Saddam and how hard it would be to unite the country.

They see a country which of course will defend our security, but a country which also cares deeply about suffering people, regardless of their religion.

There may come a time when we elect a president at age 45 or 50, and then 20 years later the country comes up against the same kind of problems the president faced before. People would like to bring that man or woman back but they would have no way to do so.

There will be more ... apparently intractable trade arguments and economic arguments, because there is an enormous amount of ... economic insecurity in wealthy countries.

Democracies don't go to war against each other, and by and large they don't sponsor terrorism. They're more likely to respect the environment and human rights and social justice. It's no accident that most of the terrorists come from non-democratic countries.

I like the job. . . . The bad days are part of it. I didn't run to have a pleasant time, I ran to have the chance to change the country, and if the bad days come with it -- that's a part of life, and it's humbling and educational. It keeps you in your place.

Keep in mind, I supported Kyoto. The countries that believe in targets today are essential to the very creation of a carbon-trading market.