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title: "18 Presidential Quotes By William J. Clinton"
description: "18 Presidential quotes by William J. Clinton. Plus more from William J. Clinton and more Presidential sayings from other authors."
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> [. . . unfortunately, we can't control the actions of everyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/unfortunately-we-can-t-control-the-actions-of-everyone/)

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

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> [I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the American penal system.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-don-t-know-whether-it-s-the-finest-public-housing-in-america-or-the/)

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

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> [Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any previous President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/everybody-knows-that-i-have-tougher-ethics-rules-than-any-previous/)

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

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> [We have the most religious freedom of any country in the world, including the freedom not to believe.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-have-the-most-religious-freedom-of-any-country-in-the-world/)

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

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> [The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-road-to-tyranny-we-must-never-forget-begins-with-the-destruction/)

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

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> [A lot of presidential memoirs, they say, are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/a-lot-of-presidential-memoirs-they-say-are-dull-and-self-serving-i/)

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

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> [Everybody knows that I have tougher ethics rules than any other previous President.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/everybody-knows-that-i-have-tougher-ethics-rules-than-any-other/)

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

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> [Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/being-president-is-like-running-a-cemetery-you-ve-got-a-lot-of-people/)

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

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> [Americans long to be united. After 9/11, we all just wanted to be one nation. Not a single American on September the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/americans-long-to-be-united-after-9-11-we-all-just-wanted-to-be-one/)

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

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> [I ask that all Americans demonstrate in their personal and public lives... the high ethical standards that are essential to good character…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-ask-that-all-americans-demonstrate-in-their-personal-and-public/)

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

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> [We need a spirit of community, a sense that we are all in this together. If we have no sense of community,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/we-need-a-spirit-of-community-a-sense-that-we-are-all-in-this/)

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

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> [No one who has lived through the second half of the 20th century could possibly be blind to the enormous impact of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/no-one-who-has-lived-through-the-second-half-of-the-20th-century/)

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

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> [ I want to talk about one barrier that has not been broken. I want you to support Hillary \[Clinton\] for me, too,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-want-to-talk-about-one-barrier-that-has-not-been-broken-i-want-you/)

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

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> [I want to make it very clear that this middle-class tax cut, in my view, is central to any attempt we're going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/i-want-to-make-it-very-clear-that-this-middle-class-tax-cut-in-my/)

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

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> [Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/thomas-jefferson-believed-that-to-preserve-the-very-foundations-of/)

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

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> [Thomas Jefferson believed that to preserve the very foundations of our Nation, we would need dramatic change from time to time. Well,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/thomas-jefferson-believed-that-to-preserve-the-very-foundations-of-2/)

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

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> [Our relationship would never vary from its allegiance to the shared values, the shared religious heritage, the shared democratic politics which have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/our-relationship-would-never-vary-from-its-allegiance-to-the-shared/)

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

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> [The other thing we have to do is to take seriously the role in this problem of . . . older men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-j-clinton/the-other-thing-we-have-to-do-is-to-take-seriously-the-role-in-this/)

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

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## Other authors on Presidential

## 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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