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title: "4 Assault Quotes By William J. Clinton"
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> [A great democracy doesn't make it harder to vote than to buy an assault weapon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/a-great-democracy-doesn-t-make-it-harder-to-vote-than-to-buy-an/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/930/william-j-clinton-302_assault_a-great-democracy-doesn-t-make-it-harder_229147.jpg)

> [So we, Democrats, have a responsibility there, every one of us, both to try to treat the Republicans with respect and as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/so-we-democrats-have-a-responsibility-there-every-one-of-us-both-to/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/william-j-clinton-302_assault_so-we-democrats-have-a-responsibility-th_1610306.jpg)

> [The fights I fought... cost a lot --the fight for the assault-weapons ban cost 20 members their seats in Congress. The NRA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-fights-i-fought-cost-a-lot-the-fight-for-the-assault-weapons-ban/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/william-j-clinton-302_argument_the-fights-i-fought-cost-a-lot-the-fight_2055189.jpg)

> [There are fewer chemical pollutants in the air. Our drinking water is safer. Our food standards have been raised. We've cleaned up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/there-are-fewer-chemical-pollutants-in-the-air-our-drinking-water-is/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2e/william-j-clinton-302_21st-century_there-are-fewer-chemical-pollutants-in-t_2840900.jpg)

## Other authors on Assault

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## More by William J. Clinton

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/when-personal-freedom-s-being-abused-you-have-to-move-to-limit-it/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [Almost makes you want to go to jail out here, doesn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/almost-makes-you-want-to-go-to-jail-out-here-doesn-t-it/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [I take full responsability...for what we did. It was the right thing to do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-take-full-responsability-for-what-we-did-it-was-the-right-thing-to/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/undeniably-character-does-count-for-our-citizens-out-communities-and/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [Even as people take pride in their national independence, we know we are becoming more and more interdependent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/even-as-people-take-pride-in-their-national-independence-we-know-we/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [To build a twenty-first-century economy, America must revive a nineteenth-century habit--investing in the common, national economic resources that enable every person and every firm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/to-build-a-twenty-first-century-economy-america-must-revive-a/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/one-of-the-things-that-i-think-we-have-learned-is-that-we-should-all/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [Only astrophysicists new about the Internet 20 years ago. Today my cat has a website.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/only-astrophysicists-new-about-the-internet-20-years-ago-today-my-cat/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [Our military superiority is so great - it's far greater than it was in the Gulf War, and the Gulf War was over in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/our-military-superiority-is-so-great-it-s-far-greater-than-it-was-in/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [You know, I've always been really interested in this stuff, and I'm going to read this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/you-know-i-ve-always-been-really-interested-in-this-stuff-and-i-m/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [If you believe in making change from the bottom up, if you believe the measure of change is how many people's lives are better,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/if-you-believe-in-making-change-from-the-bottom-up-if-you-believe-the/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [ We \[Democrats\] have got to be strong. When we look weak in a time where people feel insecure, we lose. when people feel uncertain,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-democrats-have-got-to-be-strong-when-we-look-weak-in-a-time-where/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [It's the economy, stupid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/it-s-the-economy-stupid/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [The Republicans could mess up a two car parade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-republicans-could-mess-up-a-two-car-parade/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

> [We're all in this together is a far better philosophy than you're on your own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-re-all-in-this-together-is-a-far-better-philosophy-than-you-re-on/)

[William J. Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-j-clinton/)

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