Bill Clinton Quotes on America (31 Quotes)

Old or young, healthy as a horse or a person with a disability that hasn't kept you down, man or woman, Native American, native born, immigrant, straight or gay -- whatever the test ought to be I believe in the Constitution, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence. 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. I'm building that bridge to the 21st century. That ought to be the test.

I will relinquish my office -- doing so with a heart filled with gratitude gratitude to the American people for the chance to serve and to leave our country with more opportunity, stronger bonds of community and a more positive impact in the larger world, at the dawn of a new century and a whole new aspect of human affairs.

America will not stop standing guard for peace, or freedom or stability in the Middle East and around the world.

I have apologized to the American people for what I did wrong, and most Americans think I paid a pretty heavy price.

I think that we ought to say in this area that we do not intend to stop working until America is the safest big country in the world,

It's California I'm worried about. I don't want you to become a laughingstock, a carnival or the beginning of a circus in America where we just throw people out as soon as they make a tough decision. . . . Don't do this. Don't do this.

Today we can declare Government is not the problem, and government is not the solution. We, the American people, we are the solution.

I have news for the forces of greed and the defenders of the status quo your time has come and gone. It's time for change in America.

America has been a force for peace and prosperity in every corner of the globe.

I refuse to be part of a generation that celebrates the death of communism abroad with the loss of the American dream at home.

We need a new spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together, or the American Dream will continue to wither. Our destiny is bound up with the destiny of every other American.

We must work toward the day when citizen service is the common expectation and common experience of every American.

That whether you are British, American or some other nationality, the No 1 task is to move from inter-dependence -- which can be good or bad -- to an integrated global community in which there is a shared future, shared responsibilities, shared prosperity and, most importantly, shared values. . . . The only way we can live together is if we say the celebration of our differences requires us to say that our common humanity matters more.

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.

If a president of the United States ever lied to the American People, he should resign.

I hope this trip has helped the American people to see Vietnam in a new way and has encouraged the people of Vietnam to see America in a new way so that we will have a partnership for the future.

I really believe one of the reasons the American people gave me a second term was to take the tough decisions in the next four years that will carry our country through the next fifty years.

When we give what we can and give it with joy, we don't just renew the American tradition of giving, we also renew ourselves.

You, the American people, have made our passage into the global information age an era of great American renewal.

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.

No one wants to get this matter behind us more than I do, except maybe all the rest of the American people. I am looking forward to the opportunity, in the next few days, of testifying. I will do so completely and truthfully.

If you look at what we did in our library -- we reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 34 percent, we reduced our electric bill by 34 percent, with more efficient lighting, more efficient heating, all kinds of conservation measures. We have over 300 solar panels which were made in America. So instead of sending money to Saudi Arabia or someplace else for oil we sent the money to an American manufacturing company to hire Americans to make solar panels. So it is good business.

We should be gratified and happy in this holiday season that America is safer, but we should be resolved to make it the safest big country in the world,

I hope they will say that I did a good job of leading America into a new century, a new millennium, and a whole new way working and living and relating to the rest of the world, that I lifted the American people up. And brought them together.

Advances in computer technology and the Internet have changed the way America works, learns, and communicates. The Internet has become an integral part of America's economic, political, and social life.

This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.

I want people here at home in America and throughout the world who are listening to this program to know that if you only have a dollar, 5, 10 to give -- if a million of you do, that you'll make a huge difference,

It's the American people who sent us here it's our obligation to meet their priorities. So let's roll up our sleeves, get back to work and get back to work and finish the work we were sent here to do.

I do not believe that the politics of personal destruction is what the American people are interested in

Our Republican friends said then they would absolutely not be held responsible for our economic policies. I hope the American people take them at their word.

The American people are concerned, and rightfully so. Americans should never have to worry that their employers are looking at the medicines they take, or the ailments they've had.