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Century Quotes by William J. Clinton
- President Obama's approach embodies the values, the ideas, and the direction America must take to build a 21st century version of the American Dream in…
- Literacy is not a luxury, it is a right and a responsibility. If our world is to meet the challenges of the twenty-first century we…
- Our mission in this new century is clear. For good or ill, we live in an interdependent world. We can't escape each other. Therefore, we…
- There are fewer chemical pollutants in the air. Our drinking water is safer. Our food standards have been raised. We've cleaned up more toxic waste…
- As we have throughout this century, we will lead with the power of our example, but be prepared, when necessary, to make an example of…
- Nearly every problem has been solved by someone, somewhere. The challenge of the 21st century is to find out what works and scale it up.
- Undeniably, character does count for our citizens, out communities, and our Nation, and this week we celebrate the importance of character in our individual lives...…
- The world has never truly had to develop an ethic of interdependence rooted in our common humanity. And if we do it, the 21st century…
- No one who has lived through the second half of the 20th century could possibly be blind to the enormous impact of exchange programs on…
- Today, I want to talk about Social Security and how all of us can ensure that one of the greatest achievements of this century continues…
- We must all be profoundly grateful for the magnificent achievements of our forbearers in this century. Yet perhaps in the daily press of events, in…
- The Information Age is, first and foremost, an education age, in which education must start at birth and continue throughout a lifetime. Last year, from…
- Thanks to the leadership of Vice President Gore, we have a government for the Information Age, once again a government that is a progressive instrument…
- Tonight, I propose a 21st Century Crime Bill to deploy the latest technologies and tactics to make our communities even safer. Our balanced budget will…
- The new century demands new partnerships for peace and security. The United Nations plays a crucial role, with allies sharing burdens America might otherwise bear…
- A world without walls is the only sustainable world. . . . If the world is dominated by people who believe that their races, their…
- The most important question of the 21st century is not what or how much, it is 'How?' How do you propose to turn your good…
- Putin wants to reestablish Russian greatness, not as the Cold War, but in 19th century empire terms.
- Whether our ancestors came here on the Mayflower, on slave ships, whether they came to Ellis Island or LAX in Los Angeles, whether they came…
- 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,…
More Century Quotes
- For centuries, the Muslims were able to co-exist perfectly well with Jews and Christians in the Middle East. — Karen Armstrong
- If we want to create a viable, peaceful world, we've got to integrate compassion into the gritty realities of 21st century life. — Karen Armstrong
- I fully expected that, by the end of the century, we would have achieved substantially more than we actually did. — Neil Armstrong
- John Dalton's records, carefully preserved for a century, were destroyed during the World War II bombing of Manchester. It is not only… — Isaac Asimov
- When the British came to Ibo land, for instance, at the beginning of the 20th century, and defeated the men in pitched… — Chinua Achebe
- When a tradition gathers enough strength to go on for centuries, you don't just turn it off one day. — Chinua Achebe
- Once upon a time, novelists of the 19th century, such as Charles Dickens, published in serial form. — Margaret Atwood
- You can examine the whole 19th century from the point of view of who would have maxed out their credit cards. Emma… — Margaret Atwood
- It is not seen as insane when a fighter, under an attack that will inevitable lead to his death, chooses to take… — Emilie Autumn
- The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus… — Lord Acton
- As a great man's influence never ends, so also there is not definite finality, no end, to a great survey; it runs… — Cleveland Abbe
- Kingsley Amis was one of a trio of brilliant comic novelists who made English literature sparkle in the twentieth century. — Russell Baker