Clinton Quotes

• From Bill Clinton speech- People are more impressed by the power of our example rather than the example of our power.

  William J. Clinton

  People, Example, Speech

  William J. "Bill" Clinton's prime-time speech at the Democratic National Convention, www.npr.org. August 27, 2008.

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• Hillary Clinton bothers me a lot. I realized the other day that her thoughts sound a lot like Karl Marx. She hangs around a lot of Marxists. All her friends are Marxists.

  Dick Armey

  Sound, Marxist, Bother

  Interview with Chris Matthews, www.nbcnews.com. 1993.

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• So I would say Reagan was the best, and certainly Clinton the worst.

  Pat Boone

  Worst

  Interview with Wes Vernon, www.renewamerica.com. January 9, 2006.

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• As Bill Clinton said so eloquently at the convention, during Vietnam there was a chance to serve; there was a chance not to serve.

  Mark Shields

  Vietnam, Bills, Chance

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• The attack on Clinton on terrorism is entirely politically inspired by the right-wing of the Republicans, and has no basis in fact whatsoever.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  Wings, Facts, Inspired

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• I think it has sullied his presidency. As brilliant a politician as Bill Clinton is, as magnetic a personality as he can be, there is one little screw loose somewhere.

  Morley Safer

  Thinking, Personality, Littles

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• I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise or unwise, on the merits.

  John Podesta

  Wise, Believe, President

  "Democratic fund-raiser takes Fifth Amendment in pardons probe" by March 1, 2001, www.cnn.com. March 1, 2001.

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• Did you see the statue topple? Bill Clinton got nostalgic seeing something that big in a beret go down.

  Craig Kilborn

  Bills, Nostalgic, Bigs

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• Clinton left the White House with all the class of an XFL halftime show.

  Bill Maher

  White, Class, House

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• If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem.

  Dennis Miller

  Politics, Problem, Terrorism

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• Yes, Bill Clinton is a big flirt.

  Dee Dee Myers

  Flirty, Flirting, Bills

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• Clinton's hands remain incredibly clean, don't they, and Tony Blair's smile remains as wide as ever. I view these guises with profound contempt.

  Harold Pinter

  Smile, Views, Hands

  "Pinter: I won't be silenced". Interview with Matthew Tempest, www.theguardian.com. August 3, 2001.

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• Clinton feels a profound alienation from the Washington culture here, and I happen to agree with him.

  Bob Woodward

  Agreement, Profound, Culture

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• It took a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, it may take another Clinton to clean up after the second one

  Hillary Clinton

  May, Politics, Firsts

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• Clinton's pardoning of Marc Rich was off-the-wall.

  Morley Safer

  Wall, Europe, Rich

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• Bill Clinton was in the line of great progressive presidents who faced the realities in his own time and applied innovative solutions to problems.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  Reality, President, Lines

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• Clinton took very tough decisions on the economy.

  Sidney Blumenthal

  Decision, Tough, Economy

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• If something happened along the route and you had to leave your children with Bob Dole or Bill Clinton, I think you would probably leave them with Bob Dole.

  Bob Dole

  Children, Thinking, Bob

  "New York" Magazine‎, April 29, 1996.

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• I don't know Bill Clinton as someone who needs to literally sexually harass a woman. I'm sure that he could have found many willing participants.

  Gennifer Flowers

  Needs, Bills, Found

  Interview with Curtis Sliwa and Penny Crone, Newsmax, July 03, 1997.

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• Clinton's an unusually good liar. Unusually Good. Do you realize that?

  Bob Kerrey

  Liars, Stupid, Humorous

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• Nuclear arms is pretty scary because that could end the world. I'm more interested in that stuff than I am Bill Clinton. I mean, I think Bill Clinton is a good president.

  Stephen Dorff

  Mean, Thinking, Scary

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• I have been in America only once since Mr. Clinton became your president - as a speaker at the United Nations.

  Mangosuthu Buthelezi

  America, President, United Nations

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• Believe me when I say that Bill Clinton's second term will be good for business. My business.

  Mark Russell

  Business, Believe, Bills

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• I loved Clinton; not as a Democrat, but as a person.

  Charles Evers

  Democrat, Persons

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• If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.

  Aaron Eckhart

  Talking, Looks, Masculinity

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